Self-fulfilling Prophecies: Mechanisms, Power, and Links to Social Problems
@article{Madon2011SelffulfillingPM, title={Self-fulfilling Prophecies: Mechanisms, Power, and Links to Social Problems}, author={Stephanie Madon and J. Willard and M. Guyll and Kyle C Scherr}, journal={Social and Personality Psychology Compass}, year={2011}, volume={5}, pages={578-590} }
A core theme of social psychology is that perceivers can shape targets’ future behaviors through self-fulfilling prophecies. Self-fulfilling prophecies occur when perceivers’ false beliefs about targets initiate a sequence of events that ultimately cause targets to exhibit expectancy-consistent behaviors, thereby causing perceivers’ initially false beliefs to become true. This article reviews theory and research relevant to self-fulfilling prophecies with particular foci on the underlying… CONTINUE READING
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