Science news articles about 'self fulfilling prophecy'

Expecting to be treated with prejudice may be part of a self-fulfilling prophecy, according to new research led by a University of Toronto psychologist. The groundbreaking study was done ...

... portion of mothers' beliefs created a self-fulfilling prophecy -- teens behaved like their mothers ... in this paper was understand the mechanisms involved in the self-fulfilling prophecy process," Madon said. "We know that mothers ...

... ." Lleras sees academic achievement as a self-fulfilling prophecy. "If you set a high bar for students and you back it up with instructional quality ...

... as you get older may actually be a self-fulfilling prophecy. Researchers at North Carolina State University have found that senior citizens who think older ...

... .. "Eventually those same children, once they know those stereotypes, may find that the stereotypes become a self-fulfilling prophecy," said Kwong See. "They will become their stereotypes ...

... noted. "This bias then becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: names that are falling continue to fall while names on the rise reach new ...

... being realistic might actually contribute to a self-fulfilling prophecy," says Buchanan, who studies adolescent development and behavior. "Negative expectations on the part of both ...

... test, confirming the negative stereotype in a self-fulfilling prophecy. "These results have important implications for social policy," according to Clark McKown, assistant professor ...

... suppressors like p53. "It's like a self-fulfilling prophecy," argues Compton. "If you missegregate a chromosome encoding p53, you make ...

... differently and have negative expectations, which could initiate a self-fulfilling prophecy with the child. "Women are going to continue working, and they're going to continue having children ...

... in psychology at Harvard, explains these effects as a self-fulfilling prophecy in morality. "People perceive those who do good and evil to have more efficacy, more willpower, and less ...

... worse than the men, that hurts performance. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy. "Parents and teachers give little implicit messages about how good they expect kids ...

... to take on a life of their own, to become self-fulfilling prophecies. People are so used to thinking in stereotypical terms that they create the associations even when they are not actually ...

... . One's own expectation thereby becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: those who expect people to act selfishly, actually experience uncooperative behaviour from others more often ...

... if Henry Fairfield Osborn created a self-fulfilling prophecy when he named Tyrannosaurus rex. The tyrant king is the most beloved and celebrated of all dinosaurs ...