What is Self Fulfilling Prophecy?
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Positive or negative expectations about circumstances, events, or people that may affect a persons behavior toward them in a manner that he or she (unknowingly) creates situations in which those expectations are fulfilled.
In other words, causing something to happen by believing it will come true
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Example 1:
An employer sees a new employee and automatically expects him to be disloyal. The employer then treats the employee in a way to elicit the very response he concluded.
Example 2:
Labeling someone a "
criminal ," and treating that person as such, may foster criminal behavior in the person who is subjected to the expectation, thus creating a self fulfilling prophecy
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One who unnecessarily wears sunglasses indoors, unlike Helen Keller, who actually had a good excuse.
Eddie is such a Helen Keller when ..
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a person that loves to display multiple pictures of themselves in their cubicle
"Whoa! You're an Ivan!"..
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Lindsay Lohan and/or being very colorful, radiating a similar positive vibe, generating smiles.
Originally she was refered to as Lindsa..
