self fulfilling prophecy Flashcards
what theory does SFP begin with?
labelling
what does the theory believe
when someone is labelled, they begin to see themselves in the way that the label portrays them and in the ay they are expected to act
what treatment does the person labelled receive?
treated according to the label
if a person is labelled anti social how might other react?
may walk away from them when they approach
if a person recognises their treatment what might they do?
react to the label, fulfilling the expectations of the label
shouting at people if they are avoiding them
what does it mean by someone internalising their label?
starts to think what others think and continues to to portray the behaviour (criminal)
what does elf defeating prophecy mean?
when someone does not fulfil label and does the opposite of what is expected
who did they study with the IQ test?
rosenhal and jacobson
what did rosenhal and jacobson do?
conducted IQ tests at the beginning of school year and then told teacher who was expected to ‘bloom’ but it was at random
what did rosenhal and jacobson find?
the students that were expected to ‘bloom’ did so and those who were not identified by teachers didn’t, showing that due to the way they were labelled and treated they began to act according to their stereotypes
who did the naturalistic experiment?
jahoda
what did jahoda do?
studied a ghanian ethnic group ashanti boys were named accord to the weeks monday boys were thought to be quiet wednesday boys were thought to be short tempered and aggressive
who did jahoda study?
ghanian ethnic group the ashanti
what did jahoda find?
looked at records of juvenile courts covering a five year period
22% of offences by wed
6.9% by monday
what were the percentages in jahodas study?
22%
6.9%
