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2006-08-30 14:43:30 · 21 answers · asked by Kimberly 6 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Yes. If you believe in something you can or cannot do, you are normally right. If you think of something to happen in someway, you will will it to happen. Strong human will can change destiny.
Human's will is powerful, sometimes even to matters that is not taken directly unto the same hands. It just seems like there are some energy created in thought forms!
That's the power of human will and the power of our subconscious mind!
2006-08-30 15:07:01 · answer #1 · answered by Pencil 3 · 7⤊ 3⤋
Seems to be true in many but not all cases. The original concept of "self-fulfilling prophecy" or The Pygmalion Effect centered around an experiment wherein teachers were told that a new group of students were either gifted or slow. In actually the so called "gifted" group was purportedly slow and vice verse. The teachers treated the students as if they were described and the students performed accordingly. This has been replicated many times over. Expectations are often predictable but I think it might depend on the individual or group's willingness to go along or to re bell.
2006-09-07 15:33:26 · answer #2 · answered by Siri 3 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I believe there is, yes. If we are continually thinking to ourselves (whether in a positive or negative way), that something is going to happen, then I very definitely believe that there is a good chance that it WILL happen, in time. It's a known fact that if we are always telling ourselves that we are no good, then in time we will believe that to be true. It doesn't mean that we are no good, just that we have convinced ourselves that we are. On the flip side of this, if we are constantly thinking that we are good, confident, and can do wonderful things in this life, then it's very likely that we will.
I know that positive affirmations work wonders in making us believe that we can do positive things, so am quite certain that negative thoughts work in much the same way, only negatively. I hope this makes sense. :) I sometimes know exactly what I want to say, but have a difficult time putting it into words.
Another very stimulating question, Kimberly. :)
2006-09-01 16:46:00 · answer #3 · answered by Caroline 5 · 11⤊ 0⤋
yeah we talk bout them all the time in my finance classes. take the gas prices and numerous shortages immediately after katrina all the oil analysts got on tv and said that prices were gonna rise and that we'd soon run out and within a few days. Prices went up cities ran out of gas and people started going bananas just to get oil. So yes there's such a thing as self fulfilling prophecies
2006-08-30 22:02:13 · answer #4 · answered by grlzdreamcomtru811 1 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Oh, yes, there certainly is. If you expect little from a child, that's what you will get. A few years ago, a simple study was done back East where a new kindergarten teacher was told she had a class full of the brightest students. She treated them accordingly and they met her expectations, even the unspoken ones. Three months later, she was informed that someone had lied about the class; these were actually the lowest achievers -- or they had been. They certainly weren't any longer. Another teacher had the bright kids and was told they were intellectually dull. By the end of that same three months, they were behaving that way.
If you expect to be rejected, you most likely will be. If you expect (not demand) that you will be accepted, you probably will be.
2006-08-30 21:56:20 · answer #5 · answered by thejanith 7 · 7⤊ 3⤋
Yes. You think you are meeting someone from a certain country and must be stuck up and proud. Your belief changes your attitude and you behave as you would if the person is stuck up. The person whether is stuck-up or not, reacts to your unfriendly behavior and shows the stuck-up side, further reinforcing the truth in your eyes that such people are stuck-up
2006-08-30 21:59:10 · answer #6 · answered by Baby_Apocalypse 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
Yes.
A simple example is BOB......Bob thinks he is a loser, but becomes successful in his job, meets the woman of his dreams, and buys a big house.
Bob, because he has an inferiority complex, fears that he is doomed to failure, and he will fail, though he has already reached a level of success.
Bob begins to drink heavily, which causes problems with his job, and he loses it. Because he lost the job, he cannot afford the house, and loses it. Because he has lost his job and house, the strain on his marriage causes a divorce
Bob's fears have come true....His prophecy of failure has come true because he self consciously sought his own demise, because of his inferiority complex.
2006-08-30 21:50:14 · answer #7 · answered by d h 3 · 6⤊ 2⤋
I believe it. We attract the energy we focus on, therefore if we are focusing on something we DON'T want, that's where our energy goes, and that's what ends up happening. Or at the least, it's what we notice.
It's hard to get out of the cycle of worry though. Tryin' to practice what I preach. . .
2006-08-30 22:03:35 · answer #8 · answered by tmr3c 2 · 7⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely! If you expect it to happen it will happen.
Known as the Pygmalion Effect
2006-08-30 22:09:59 · answer #9 · answered by semba896 1 · 6⤊ 2⤋
Yes. In education, it has to do with expectations. If you "prophecy" that a kid will do poorly, he will.
2006-08-30 21:51:22 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 3⤋