This is when an expectation about something or someone leads to behaviors that cause these expectations to come true.
It's like setting your alarm clock early because you expect traffic on your way to work. Because you leave early due to this expectation, you avoid traffic—thus fulfilling your prophecy!
Stereotype Threat: The risk perceived by individuals that they will be evaluated based on negative stereotype about their group rather than their personal abilities.
Confirmation Bias: The tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.
Expectancy Theory: A theory that suggests our actions are influenced by how we expect those actions to result in outcomes.
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