when did we start to ues this phrse why do we ues it
2007-12-24 15:41:59 · 14 answers · asked by stand alone complex 5 in Family & Relationships ➔ Singles & Dating
a self-fulfilling prophecy is, in the beginning, a false statement or situation that when you cause circumstances to change by a different set of conditions makes the original false conception come 'true'.
Wikepedia defines it like this:
"a true prophetic statement — a prophecy (a foreseen situation or happening) declared as truth when it is not — may sufficiently influence people, either through fear or logical confusion, so that their reactions ultimately fulfill the false prophecy."
I don't know when people start to use the phrase....or why
2007-12-25 13:41:36 · answer #1 · answered by Di 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that if you believe something to be true, particularly about yourself, people around you, relationships, or your life, it will become true, because the belief impacts your actions.
For example, if you believe you cannot play basketball worth beans, your believing that may prevent you from becoming good at it, since you are unlikely to put in sufficient effort to learn the game.
As another example, if you believe that your cousin is impossible to get along with, you may not bother to find out what is going on with the cousin, and may never find out what is preventing you from getting along with them. It could be something that someone else said, it could be X, it could be Y, but if you think "impossible" you won't bother to investigate.
I don't know when or where this phrase originated.
2007-12-24 23:49:30 · answer #2 · answered by annalisa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean self-fulfilling prophecy? It is basically the idea that something will happen if you think it will happen.
There was a girl we read about in Psychology and it said that her birthday was on Friday 13th. She said she would die when she turned 20 years old. So she checked herself into a psychiatric ward. The day of her birthday, they found her dead.
2007-12-24 23:55:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I believe a self fulfilling prophecy is a prophecy that fulfills itself in the telling. It's origin probably goes back to prehistoric times.
2007-12-24 23:47:28 · answer #4 · answered by Flame 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's like being afraid of being cheated so you never trust anyone and treat everyone disespectfully so someone who works for you figures out how to get revenge and some extra money by cheating you. Maybe if you'd been more trusting and handled what came, you wouldn't have gotten cheated. It's like you were setting yourself up for failure. It's a word of warning for the wise.
2007-12-24 23:48:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don't know when.
It means that someone is forecasting something, usually doom, that is more likely to happen because the forecast was spoken "I don't think we will ever get this rock up the hill." "I doubt these boys can be trained with enough discipline to do the job." "Do you really believe you will get a date for the prom?"
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-fulfilling_prophecy
"it is 20th-century sociologist Robert K. Merton who is credited with coining the expression "self-fulfilling prophecy" "
2007-12-24 23:46:52 · answer #6 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's when someone proclaims an event is going to occur and to make certain it does they do stuff to make it happen.
Like saying someone will get run over by a truck and you push them in front of one when it doesn't look like it is going to happen. Or saying that you'll never have anyone to love you, then make people so miserable that they don't want to hang around you, so then of course no one will ever get close enough to love you.
2007-12-24 23:45:54 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I will just give you a certain example, and hope you understand my english.
Suppose you are a student in a class of Geografy. It is not your favorite subject but you don't hate it also. This subject is being taught by a very positive teacher that believes in you and gets surprised by your knowledge on this subject! She rewards you with bravo's and smiles to you, as if she is weating from you to continue being good at her lesson.
Deeply in your mind you know that you are not a...special student in Geography, but this EXPECTATION bounts you and oblidges you to do your best! This kind and lovable teacher believes in you! You shouldn't disappoint her!...So you continuing being good at her lesson and making efforts. After all she said it that she knows you are the best student in her lesson!
Of course you can imagine a...negative example, in which a teacher dislikes you and doesn't pay any attention to you (that means that she/he doesn't believe in you) and this makes you hate him/her and the lesson.
Hope it was helpful.
2007-12-25 17:38:36 · answer #8 · answered by Zoi 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A self-fulfilling prophecy is something you say will happen and you do something to make it happen.
Saying, "I'm probably going to have a lousy day." With that attitude, your actions may affect your day, so that it is lousy.
2007-12-24 23:45:22 · answer #9 · answered by Riot Ryan 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
when it came into modern use i have no idea.
it means that if you believe it will happen (good or bad) it will.
if you put enough thought energy into a situation/potential scenario, whether it be fear or joy, it will eventually in some form happen
2007-12-25 01:55:16 · answer #10 · answered by skittle_goddess_2525 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋