self-fulfilling prophecy¶
Merton, R. K. (1948). self-fulfilling prophecy.
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Mechanisms¶
- 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 sourceOnce an anchor curdles into such a loop, breaking it requires an external act that voids the belief and restarts expectations, which is exactly this 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.
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