Approaches between Self-Efficacy and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, Perspectives from Education

Social Reality, the Boundaries of Self-Fulfilling Prophecy, and Economics

Organizational scholars have recently argued that economic theories and assumptions have adversely shaped management practice and human behavior, leading not only to the incorporation of trust-eroding market-mechanisms into organizations but also unnecessarily creating self-interested behavior. A number of highly influential papers have argued that the self-fulfilling nature of (even false) the...

The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy of Adolescent Social Expectations.

Adolescents' negative social expectations of their peers were examined as long-term predictors of problematic self-reported social functioning. Early adolescent negative expectations were hypothesized to predict risk-averse functioning in late adolescence that would ultimately contribute to confirmation of those expectations. Utilizing observational data and friend- and self-reports from a comm...

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in e-Negotiations: Myth or Reality?

Student Social Class and Teacher Expectations : The Self - Fulfilling Prophecy in Ghetto Education *

Many studies have shown that academic achievement is highly correlated with social class. Few, however, have attempted to explain exactly how the school helps to reinforce the class structure of the society. In this article Dr. Rist reports the results of an observational study of one class of ghetto children during their kindergarten, firstand second-grade years. He shows how the kindergarten ...

“Self-Fulfilling Prophecy” or Recognition Requires a Concept of Perception

“Self-Fulfilling Prophecy” or Recognition Requires a Concept of Perception To the Editor: The NINDS rt-PA Stroke Trial did not prospectively assess quantity and quality of ischemic brain parenchyma as detected by baseline CT.1 In this trial, no CT reading panel graded CT scans on the basis of predefined definitions. Now the trialists hypothesized that there would be disagreement among them abou...