The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy¶
Merton, R. K. (1948). The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. The Antioch Review, 8(2), 193-210.
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Primes¶
- Foreseeing (Prediction)
- Merton's 1948 analysis
This sourceFoundational analysis (building on the Thomas theorem) of how a false belief, once acted on, can create the conditions that make it true; supports the T5 treatment of prediction-as-intervention (self-fulfilling and self-defeating prophecies).
- Merton's 1948 analysis
- Reflexivity (Self-Reference)
- Sociology: Merton's self-fulfilling prophecy (1948)—a prediction bringing about its own truth through behavioral response
This sourceMerton foundational paper introducing self-fulfilling prophecy concept and Thomas theorem.
- Sociology: Merton's self-fulfilling prophecy (1948)—a prediction bringing about its own truth through behavioral response
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
- Merton 1948 introduced the self-fulfilling prophecy concept as a fundamental mechanism in social dynamics
This sourceMerton foundational paper introducing self-fulfilling prophecy concept and Thomas theorem.
- Merton 1948 introduced the self-fulfilling prophecy concept as a fundamental mechanism in social dynamics
Mechanisms¶
- Expectation Audit
- Merton's original self-fulfilling prophecy is a loop
This sourceDefines a self-fulfilling prophecy as a false definition that evokes behavior which makes the original conception come true.
- Merton's original self-fulfilling prophecy is a loop
- Expectation Reset Announcement
- Its strength is that it is the only clean way out of a self-fulfilling prophecy — Merton's mechanism in which a belief, however ungrounded, produces the behavior that makes it come true.
This sourceDefines a self-fulfilling prophecy as an initially false definition of a situation that evokes behavior making the originally false conception come true.
- Its strength is that it is the only clean way out of a self-fulfilling prophecy — Merton's mechanism in which a belief, however ungrounded, produces the behavior that makes it come true.
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