The Child in America¶
Thomas, W. I., & Thomas, D. S. (1928). The Child in America: Behavior Problems and Programs.
Cited by¶
3 citations across 3 artifacts.
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Primes¶
- Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
- The essential commitment is causal: the prediction is not merely correlated with the outcome, nor is the world independently producing the outcome; the prediction itself propagates through a behavioral pathway that would not otherwise have generated the outcome
This sourceKnopf. Thomas brothers foundational statement that definitions-of-situation become real in consequences.
- The essential commitment is causal: the prediction is not merely correlated with the outcome, nor is the world independently producing the outcome; the prediction itself propagates through a behavioral pathway that would not otherwise have generated the outcome
Mechanisms¶
- Community De-escalation Session
- It works on the fact that a fear defined as real is real in its consequences, so giving that fear a legitimate outlet changes what the group does next.
This sourceStates that situations defined as real produce real consequences.
- It works on the fact that a fear defined as real is real in its consequences, so giving that fear a legitimate outlet changes what the group does next.
- Culture Survey
- The survey measures these definitions of the situation precisely because, as the Thomas theorem holds, they drive behavior whether or not they are accurate.
This sourceStates that definitions of situations have real consequences, whether or not the underlying interpretation is objectively accurate.
- The survey measures these definitions of the situation precisely because, as the Thomas theorem holds, they drive behavior whether or not they are accurate.
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