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self-fulfilling prophecy, a concept developed by Robert K. Merton Merton, Robert King, 1910–2003, American sociologist, b. Philadelphia as Meyer Schkolnick, grad. Temple Univ. (A.B., 1931) and Harvard (M.A., 1932; Ph.D., 1936). From 1941 on he was a professor of sociology at Columbia Univ. ..... Click the link for more information. to explain how a belief or expectation, whether correct or not, affects the outcome of a situation or the way a person (or group) will behave. Thus, for example, labeling someone a "criminal," and treating that person as such, may foster criminal behavior in the person who is subjected to the expectation. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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In Reaching Higher: The Power of Expectations in Schooling, Rhona Weinstein, professor at Yale University, draws from her more than 30 years of experience as a school psychologist and consultant to discuss the effects of self-fulfilling prophecies and teachers' low expectations, which are prevalent in many educational environments. Yet nowadays there seems to be far too hasty a rush to judgment, with opinions apparently being backed by little but opinion, as if they were self-fulfilling prophecies. Self-fulfilling prophecies aren't always self-fulfilling on the Street, however. |
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