Self-fulfilling prophecy | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-04

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00:03:57 1.1 Applications
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00:08:27 3 Stereotype
00:10:22 4 Literature, media, and the arts
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00:24:50 5 Causal loop
00:26:07 6 See also
00:26:17 7 Notes
00:26:26 8 Further reading



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- Socrates


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Self-fulfilling prophecy refers to the socio-psychological phenomenon of someone "predicting" or expecting something, and this “prediction” or expectation comes true simply because one believes it will, and their resulting behaviors align to fulfil those beliefs. This suggests peoples' beliefs influence their actions. The principle behind this phenomenon is people create consequences regarding people or events, based on their previous knowledge toward that specific subject. Additionally, self-fulfilling prophecy is applicable to negative and positive outcomes.
American sociologist William Isaac Thomas was first to discover this phenomenon. In 1928 he developed the Thomas theorem (also known as the Thomas dictum), stating,

In other words, the consequence will come to fruition based on how one interprets the situation. Using Thomas' idea, another American sociologist, Robert K. Merton, coined the term self-fulfilling prophecy, popularizing the idea “...a belief or expectation, correct or incorrect, could bring about a desired or expected outcome.”