self-fulfilling prophecy

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15:13 Jan 18, 2010
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Social Sciences - Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
English term or phrase: self-fulfilling prophecy
Definition from A social psycology glossary:
The process by which someone's expectations about a person or group leads to the fulfillment of those expectations.

Example sentence(s):
  • Whether or not a teacher is aware of it, the self-fulfilling prophecy is at work, impacting students either to their benefit or their detriment. Educational psycology
  • According to The Law of Self-fulfilling Prophecy, people respond the way you expect them to respond. You get what you expect. terrybragg.com
  • However, those who see technical analysis as a self-fulfilling prophecy argue that these indicators are "right" only because extremely large numbers of people base trading decisions on these same indicators, thereby using the same information to take their positions, and, in turn, pushing the price in the predicted direction. Investopedia
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4samonaplňujúce sa proroctvo
Linda Vakermanova


  

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5 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
samonaplňujúce sa proroctvo


Definition from own experience or research:
alebo sebanaplňujúca sa predpoveď

Example sentence(s):
  • Neprešli ešte ani tri prvé sezóny Cirkusov a Pythóni sa stali obeťami vlastného kultu. Sociológovia tomu hovoria samonaplňujúce sa proroctvo – skrátka, keď sa raz niečo zaškatuľkuje a ľudia si priam fanaticky zvyknú, potom to už takým ostane bez ohľadu na realitu. - Humno.sk  
  • A práve útlm guráže, podnikavosti a odhodlania budú pôsobiť ako samonapĺňajúce sa proroctvo: čím viac sa tomu človek oddá, tým horšie - www.postoy.sk  
  • Určitým fenoménom predpovedí je, že ak verí dostatočný počet investorov v predikovaný budúci vývoj určitého aktíva, môžu sa ich očakávania skutočne premietnuť do reálneho vývoja. Ide o tzv. samonapĺňajúce sa predpovede. Samonapĺňajúce sa predpovede sú javom, ktorý sa z času na čas premietne do vývoja na finančných trhoch. - HNonline  

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Linda Vakermanova
Local time: 18:26
Native speaker of: Slovak
PRO pts in category: 8
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