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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
The notion that one's beliefs or attitudes about oneself or others become reality. Used across many contexts, the self-fulfilling prophecy has been used to explain many phenomena. For example, stereotypes might be explained by the self-fulfilling prophecy when a person holds certain beliefs about a group and then treats persons belonging to the group accordingly, which, in turn, reinforces the initial stereotype. Similarly, a person's self-concept is supported when a person behaves in a way that is in accordance with how the person has conceptualized his or her own self.
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