self-fulfilling prophecy

Swedish translation: Självuppfyllande profetia

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English term or phrase:self-fulfilling prophecy
Swedish translation:Självuppfyllande profetia

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12:38 Feb 3, 2009
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English term or phrase: self-fulfilling prophecy
Definition from A social psycology glossary:
The process by which someone's expectations about a person or group leads to the fulfillment of those expectations.

Example sentence(s):
  • Whether or not a teacher is aware of it, the self-fulfilling prophecy is at work, impacting students either to their benefit or their detriment. Educational psycology
  • According to The Law of Self-fulfilling Prophecy, people respond the way you expect them to respond. You get what you expect. terrybragg.com
  • However, those who see technical analysis as a self-fulfilling prophecy argue that these indicators are "right" only because extremely large numbers of people base trading decisions on these same indicators, thereby using the same information to take their positions, and, in turn, pushing the price in the predicted direction. Investopedia
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Självuppfyllande profetia
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En självuppfyllande profetia är en förutsägelse om framtiden som kommer att gå i uppfyllelse just på grund av själva existensen av förutsägelsen.
Exempel:
En inflytelserik person säger att "Nästa år kommer arbetslösheten att stiga". Eftersom folket då tror att det blir så, börjar de snålspara och förbereda sig på sämre tider. Eftersom folket slutar konsumera, leder detta till att en mindre mängd varor och tjänster förbrukas, vilket i sin tur gör att arbetslösheten stiger.
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Självuppfyllande profetia


Definition from Susning.nu, Wiktionary:
En självuppfyllande profetia är en förutsägelse om framtiden som kommer att gå i uppfyllelse just på grund av själva existensen av förutsägelsen.
Exempel:
En inflytelserik person säger att "Nästa år kommer arbetslösheten att stiga". Eftersom folket då tror att det blir så, börjar de snålspara och förbereda sig på sämre tider. Eftersom folket slutar konsumera, leder detta till att en mindre mängd varor och tjänster förbrukas, vilket i sin tur gör att arbetslösheten stiger.

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