The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Merton, R. K. (1948). The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. The Antioch Review, 8(2), 193-210.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1948

DOI

10.2307/4609267

Link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/4609267

Cited from

philosophy, sociology_anthropology, systems_cybernetics

Cited by

4 citations across 4 artifacts.

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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).

• 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.

• 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.

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.

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