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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."

Self-fulfilling prophecy

In Aronson et al. (2013), self-fulfilling prophecy is defined as “people have an expectation about what another person is like, which influences how they act toward that person, which causes that person to behave consistently with people’s original expectations, making the expectation come true.” (Aronson et. al., p. 53, 2013)

Reference Aronson, E., Wilson, T. D., & Akert, R. M. (2013). Social psychology. Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education.

Abilhomme C (talk) 04:34, 16 November 2013 (UTC)