Self-fulfilling prophecy

A process in which an expectation influences treatment and behaviour in ways that help make the expectation come true.

An expectation that helps bring about the outcome it predicts because it changes how people behave.

A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when an expectation changes behaviour in ways that help make the expected outcome happen. Suppose a teacher expects a pupil to fail and offers little encouragement. The pupil may interpret this as evidence that they cannot succeed, reduce their effort and achieve poorly.

A prediction or expectation that helps bring about the behaviour it anticipated.

Explain the steps between a teacher’s label and an achievement outcome. A label alone is not a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Explain the steps linking a teacher's label to a possible outcome; a label does not automatically produce a self-fulfilling prophecy.

A master status dominates how someone is seen; a self-fulfilling prophecy is the process through which expectations help produce the expected behaviour.

An outcome produced when an initial expectation influences treatment and behaviour so that the expectation becomes true.

A process in which someone comes to fit an expectation or label, helping to make the original prediction come true.

A process in which an expectation influences how people are treated and behave, helping to make the expectation come true.

A process in which an initially mistaken expectation influences treatment and behaviour in ways that help make the expectation come true.

A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when an initially mistaken expectation influences treatment and behaviour in ways that help make it come true. It is more than simply predicting a result correctly: the expectation contributes to producing the result.

A process in which an expectation influences treatment and behaviour so that the original expectation comes true.

A process in which an expectation changes treatment and behaviour so that the expected outcome comes about.

A process in which expectations influence treatment and behaviour so that the original expectation appears to come true.

A process in which an expectation affects how someone is treated and how they behave, helping the original expectation to become true.

A process in which an expectation affects how someone is treated and behaves, helping to make the original expectation come true.

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AQA GCSE Sociology · 8192

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