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    SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECY The self-fulfilling prophecy is‚ in the beginning‚ a false definition of the situation evoking a new behaviour which makes the original false conception come ’true’. This specious validity of the self-fulfilling prophecy perpetuates a reign of error. For the prophet will cite the actual course of events as proof that he was right from the very beginning. A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true‚ by the very terms

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    Self-Fulfilling Prophecy This experiment is all about prejudices‚ stereotyping and self-fulfilling prophecy. Jane Elliot was trying to demonstrate to a class of 3rd graders how it felt to be discriminated against‚ judged and made fun of. This all took place the day after Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in a small Iowa town. The children felt inferior while in the oppressed group because they were told they were lazy‚ dirty‚ not smart‚ can ’t remember things‚ and would never amount

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    The study of psychology has lead to many interesting discoveries and realizations. One of these being self-fulfilling prophecies. Self-fulfilling prophecies are the prediction or feeling about some future event that becomes true as a result of intense belief and behaviour. While they seem quite minute‚ these strange little predictions actually control our society as we know it. These prophecies are not limited to influencing the small day-to-day decisions‚ but have such a great effect that it controls

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    On99 A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true‚ by the very terms of the prophecy itself‚ due to positive feedback between belief and behaviour. Although examples of such prophecies can be found in literature as far back as ancient Greece and ancient India‚ it is 20th-century sociologist Robert K. Merton who is credited with coining the expression "self-fulfilling prophecy" and formalizing its structure and consequences. In his book Social

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    Self-fulfilling prophecy is an idea that becomes true when acted upon. There are some self-fulfilling prophecy situations that can be either positive or negative. An example of a positive situation is for example‚ I am going to a party‚ I know that I will not know most people going there‚ and I plan to make new friends. I know that I am good with people and social‚ so I am more likely to outgoing‚ engaging‚ and less likely to take a cold shoulder personally. Consequently‚ people will probably react

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    life is the product of the idea of the self-fulfilling prophecy. It is that which "occurs when a person’s expectations of an event make the outcome more likely to occur than would otherwise have been true" (Adler and Towne‚ Looking Out‚ Looking In 66). Or restated‚ as Henry Ford once put it‚ "If you think you can‚ you can. If you think you can’t‚ you’re right!" This brief research paper touches on the two types of self-fulfilling prophecies‚ those that are self-imposed and those that are imposed by

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    There are two types of prophecies‚ one which is a prediction by others and the second is a self-imposed prophecy. Have you ever waken up in the morning and before your eyes are fully opened‚ you find yourself cursing at the world? Then you walk into your kitchen to make coffee and spill it all over the floor. At this time you say to yourself “Oh‚ this is going to be a bad day!” and at the end of the day you realize you were correct and it was a horrible day. Have you ever thought that maybe it was

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    Self-fulfilling Prophecies Self-fulfilling prophecies. What does that mean? Where could you find it? More often then not‚ one’s life can be largely based on self-fuflilling prophecies. "A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when a person’s expectations of an event‚ and her or his subsequent behavior based on those expectations‚ make the outcome more likely to occur than would otherwise have been true." In other words‚ it means that if you believe that you are able to do something‚ then you are likely

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    The idea of self-fulfilling prophecy states that a belief about the future will eventually cause that belief to come true. The idea is that a person will unknowingly behave in ways that‚ when combined over years‚ determines their outcome. For instance‚ some studies show that professional sports players are generally born in months that childhood leagues set as the cut-off between years. The biggest players tend to be the oldest‚ and have the biggest advantage in sports at a young age. They grow

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    Self-Fulfilling Prophecy I grew up in a single parent household with my mother being the sole provider of my two younger siblings and I. Due to being the oldest child‚ my other has always had high expectations of me. As a child when it came to school and academics‚ I did my work however it was not always my best work. I noticed a sudden change in my behavior when I brought home a report card which contained a couple of C’s. My mother was not happy at all. She had a long talk with me. She let me

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