The Child in America¶
Thomas, W. I., & Thomas, D. S. (1928). The Child in America: Behavior Problems and Programs.
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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.
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