Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

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This paper discusses that self-fulfilling prophecies can affect a person's own behavior due to his own belief about himself. The paper states that stereotyping, whether racial, ethnic, or gender, can lead to self-fulfilling prophecies and can have positive or negative effect. The author continues to describe examples of self-fulfilling prophecies in many areas including education and sports.

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"Race, gender, attractiveness and age stereotyping are alike in that inferences about another's traits are based mainly from physical appearance. These appearance-related factors play a prominent role in forming initial impression due to the fact that the information conveyed is generally processed first by observers. Research has indicated "that women are evaluated more favorably than men and that physically attractive people are evaluated more favorably than those who are physically unattractive." "

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