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What are the implications of self-fulfilling prophecy on a societal scale?

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A discussion of how self fulfilling prophecies affect individuals and society is provided.

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Self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when people believe in something and behave in such a manner that makes that something very likely to occur. On a personal scale, if a person believes she is not intelligent, that person will not be motivated to learn, thereby, not gaining knowledge. As a result, that person may in fact never become as intelligent as she could be. The self-fulfilling prophecy on a personal scale may or may not hurt ...

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