Self fulfilling prophecy

Question 1

What is SFP?

Answer 1

The concept from social psychology that refers to the process of something coming true because it was predicted to happen.
If a person is labelled they will internalise this belief and act accordingly

LABELLING→ involves a majority group considering a minority group as inferior + using inferior terms when talking about them
STEREOTYPING → thinking a whole group share characteristics it is based on a generalised and simplified view

Question 2

what were Jahoda’s findings

Answer 2

found monday boys were 3x more likely to be involved in violent crimes than wednesday boys

Question 3

Rosalind and Jacobson

Answer 3

found that students labelled ‘bloomers’ continued to improve IQ for 2 years while others did not

Question 4

SFP steps

Answer 4

1. Perceiver has expectation of target person
2. Perceiver shows behaviour towards target
3. Target is shown little opportunity to challenge expectations
4. Target behaviour shown towards perceiver
5. Prophecy is fulfilled