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{{Main article|Self-fulfilling prophecy}}

{{Main article|Self-fulfilling prophecy}}

A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true due to positive feedback between [[belief]] and [[behavior]]. A prophecy declared as truth (when it is actually false) may sufficiently influence people, either through fear or logical confusion, so that their reactions ultimately fulfill the once-false prophecy. This term is credited to [[sociologist]] [[Robert K. Merton]] from an article he published in 1948.<ref name=SFP-48>{{Citation

A self-fulfilling prophecy is a prediction that directly or indirectly causes itself to become true due to positive feedback between [[belief]] and [[behavior]]. A prophecy declared as truth (when it is actually false) may sufficiently influence people, either through fear or logical confusion, so that their reactions ultimately fulfill the once-false prophecy. This term is credited to [[sociologist]] [[Robert K. Merton]] from an article he published in 1948.

 

 

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