Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Definition + Examples) 

I worked as a biology teacher before and this is so true. One student I had who most claimed he wasn’t intelligent. I believed In him and told him that he was able to do science. And In doing so he actually got the highest grade on the following quiz. Words are so powerful. Be careful what you say. You can use it as a weapon or a drug. Be kind always 💜

that teacher one is so real. I am a dumbass but my teachers were always praising me. Due to that praise, I kept going and became the 1st person In my family history to get a university degree.

Anyone with social anxiety needs to know about this effect. Quite often if you think you might fail in communicating the fear of doing so brings the outcome about... Great video. Thank you.

Thoughts; Words; Action; Habit; Reputation; Character; Destiny.

I totally believe in The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy. And it def relates to great things like success and unfortunately negative things like false stereotypes. Unconscious bias is a real thing!

I only recently learned about the Pygmalion effect, so cool to see it here! 🙂 Fun fact: the negative Pygmalion effect is called the Golem effect. Both Pygmalion and Golem were statues that according to myth turned into a living person/creature. 😊

I think that is so right when it comes to the Pygmalion effect. Teachers do have a large impact on how kids perform. If the teacher is making comments that the child will not do well then the child's hopes go down and they have less confidence in themselves and in turn are discouraged to do good in the class or even the school.

Something really important to understand. Everyone should know about this

I spoke about this two hours ago. Imagine the look on my face when this popped up in my subscriptions. Spooky!

Great video, I can tell you from my own experience that changing your beliefs for the better is incredibly powerful!!! I'm a much happier, more confident and self loving person than I was a year ago!!! Thanks Theo!!!

Take a look at your life what judgments or beliefs are holding you back from living the life you want, and how can you change your beliefs and actions to have a better life

Thank you so much for not adding any "words from our sponsor", these types of commercials are the worst, especially when you really enjoy the content :)

dude this video changed my life today. i finally understand where my anxiety stems from

Great video! I believe strongly in believing in others, and believing in yourselves (without being in love with one's self). That is the how to become a better leader in life, empower others. The law of attraction works if you are looking for opportunity, because opportunity is everywhere if your eyes are open.

God I absolutely love learning about this stuff fascinating thank you for the video can’t wait to watch the rest.

I spent the better part of 16 years of my childhood trying to play a supportive role to my mother who is an addict, any abuser, mentally unstable, but still my mother at least that I felt at the time. She would bring people into the home as partners that were physically violent, fully physically restraining me and smothering me with things so that I couldn’t breathe; having to attempt a physical struggle for freedom just for air while they laughed in great humor kind of violent, and so often times I saw her and myself and my brother for victims to extremely violent hands of people she brought into the home, and up until I was sixteen years old I used to always tell my mom “I love you I’m there for you and I support you.” And every. single. time. She would return that sentiment with “you don’t love me you never loved me”. Fourteen years later I am now thirty years old and have spent the last fourteen years not just giving up trying to convince someone of my true feelings (at the time) because no matter how honest and true the words I spoke were to her, that now not only do I not love her, I loathe her, and when I try to think back to all the times I remember truly feeling like I cared about my mom because I know it was so real deep down at that time it feels totally and completely alien to me now, that concept. At three years old she was the reason I got raped and later she also played a role in my sexual abuse as a child so you can imagine where I am at in adulthood towards her now. Sure, I never ever LIKED my mother, I was angry my entire life at her, every single year I could think leading up to that sixteenth year…but I recall the unfamiliar but real nonetheless memories of having love in my heart somewhere even just a faint amount before she ultimately created her own self fulfilling prophecy. Out of kindness I allowed her to move in with me because she was homeless…and to this day she still in her breaks from reality (an every day event) she will for some reason even despite the last fourteen years of me coming to terms with the fact that in her world I will never be right even if she is wrong, she still tries to pull the “you don’t love me, you never loved me” trip, and ever since sixteen my default response to her, and absolutely my truest feelings are…”Yep. You’re right.” I suppose I could feel bad for her, my counselor tries to inspire those feelings in me so that I can ultimately move past my feelings of resentment for my own benefit inside, but here I stand not just not loving her but ultimately hating her and living in an endless chasm of contempt at any sight or sound of her. Let this be an example to anyone in a position my mother is in now. You very well may have done this to yourself.

Love this video! Thank you for explaining and sharing in such a way that is easy to understand!!(:

I think it's important that people not believe in the literal "Law of Attraction" as used by popular gurus.

In life you either repeat or evolve, just look at your nervous system right now and your brains neurons it should be easy to tell where you’re at.

great content as always!

Love this!

Thank you for this video. :)

As i was reading Outliers by Malcom Gladwell i came across the term Self Fulfilling Prophecy. After doing some research i found this video that made me completely understand this prophecy. Thanks for your educational material. 😁

This is like shooting in the dark. Actions lead to results which leads to confidence which breeds

Very interesting! 👍

As a licensed mental health therapist, I love this video. Thanks

I find people usually project onto others what they think about themselves. That’s why when people talk positively about others they usually think positively about themselves, while if they think negatively about others they also think negatively about themselves

Speaking of...I was thinking about you and your courses then this video showed up when I opened RU-vid for the first time in weeks!

Thanks so much!

This will help me with my essay thanks 🙏🏻

When someone says "there will be genocide" or "there will be a war", it can make such things really possible

Gold content!

life changing video

Who read a book called the seat of the soul.? It talks about the evolution during reincarnations during different lifespans ...Your inner power and the sixth sense does more if combined with the 5 senses ...

Amazing

Toxic fandoms a lot of time are the result of self fulfilling prophecies. First someone in the fandom or the person/media they follow does something outsiders don't like. 2nd People bash and ridicule them and call them toxic. 3rd The fandom starts to fight back. 4th Now people have more screenshots for RU-vid video about how toxic the fandom is.

Thank you

It is true. I got a job, and I was so happy with my new job I was terryfied of being fired. So I started to think I was gonna get fired, and I was. I didn't get why, I was a good worker and the company wasn't known for firing people, if anything, the other way around, people usually were the ones to leave the company. I often think bad things about myself. Many, many times they come true. It is horrible.

Can you link your studies in the chat or description. I love the references🙌🏾🔥

Which book should I read about the law of attraction?

Imagine the nature of the relationships of someone like myself: an alcoholic, full of a thousand and one fears, and an ego that would rather die than admit to being wrong. If you have all these fears about everything, and an ego that insists on being right, you will make your worst fears come true. At least then you can get the perverse satisfaction of being able to say "see, I was right"! Who cares if I'm dead, as long as everyone will realize how right and wonderful I was! Lol. Such is the way one's ego conspires with fear to manifest the miserable life of the alcoholic.

Like if I believe someone is a good person because of their generosity, I probably am generous myself. Life is about what we see in others that reflect ourselves

Thnk u

This was really intresting, just one question. The belief of other people impact us, because we can see tha change in their behavior but if someone has negative beliefs about us and we never interact with them. Will this prophecy be still valid and how?

Came from the Taylor Tomlinson reel, man, do I need to go to a therapist. 😅

Mrs Anna is legit and her method works like magic I keep on earning every single week with her new strategy

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I just heard this term from a comedian and I've been thinking about this. I was cheated on by my partner in the past and admittedly I am always very skeptical of her. It made me think that it was all my fault that happened. I don't know. Maybe someone can enlighten me on this.

I call it karma when one person walks away. I agree to disagree to stop arguments , fighting etc etc.

Tbh I searched this for 'Marina and the Diamonds' song. It goes something like 'im now becoming my own self fulfilled prophecy'.

Have you read book Jesus Failed and Finished i n Disaster (by isac borgert)? it clarifies the story of Jesus based on the law of attraction

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does this work this positive thoughts ? like if i keep thinking about oh imma find a great bf everything i want will i get it?

Is it manifestation or believe a lie long enough til it becomes true. Both kinda are the same.

What's the difference between self fullfilling prophecy and prejudice? Sounds like the same thing.

there was once a great king who sought advice from an oracle who told him his land would be ruled by a king from the nation across the channel; to prevent this he invaded the nation who shared a border with his along a channel and decimated the people but he saw the women were faire and took many concubines, the law stated his eldest son must be king so when he died he left all his lands to he son of a woman from across the channel

Perhaps polarization is worsened by the perception that people of different political parties are more stereotypical, different, and polarized than we think.

It's terrifying to think someones fate could be altered because a teacher had false beliefs about them and treated them with less consideration.

Great video, but I was not 100% satisfied with the explanation. So, for those who are still figuring the prophecy, here's an example of my own. You (male, "M"), just got in a relationship with Lisa (female, "F"). Somewhere along the way M starts thinking Lisa is being unfaithful (cheating on you), even though she isn't. Because of his wrongful belief, he starts acting "weird"; pretty much more quiet, not sharing thoughts, and pretty much just you not being himself. This behaviour is noticed by Lisa, which confuses her since she has not done anything wrong. Months pass by and these things keep repeating themselves over and over again, and guess what? because of this, Lisa no longer finds M attractive and she ends up cheating on him. Had M not doubted himself (and therefore acted on it), Lisa would not have gotten tired (or desperate, or whatever it is you want to call it) of M, and no cheating would have taken place. In short, a self fulfilling prophecy is something that you create yourself, the interesting part is that if you were not to get involved in such thing, it would never happen at all.

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the guy talking reminds me a little or Morty from Rick and Morty

"It is weird, I know" - what?

Either It’s a self fulfilling prophecy or im just really unlucky

i grew up in a place where thai monks were on my left and tamil yogaman right , seeing them meditating and hearing their mantra were part of livelihood , the one thing i learnt from these buddha followers was that the mass is always in need of each other and they all each within believe they each are better than the each rest notwithstanding each are quite equal inasmuch they function as a human who only eat and sleep and spend their life breathing the air and walking about land, no less no more , the mass is the majority that think quit smoking is beneficial to the body but infact it only keeps you from eztra harm , there is nothing beneficial at all , it is like saying that playing with tigers are dangerous , therefore quit playing with tigers are very beneficial to your body, yahoo!

I'm just a statistic

great vid but hate the way u pronounced "Pygmalion" lol

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy is more of a Self-Fulfilling Fallacy.

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and thats how donald trump became potus

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Self fulfilling prophecy is a deceiving lie.