The Pygmalion effect occurs when other people's expectations of us also have an impact on our behaviour, feelings and thoughts. If you are highly motivated and confident in your abilities, you are far more likely to ensure you fulfil your goal.
If you think for example that you won’t be able to achieve an objective, you may well inadvertently sabotage it. A self-fulfilling prophecy can be positive and negative.
Merton in 1948 and is best described as belief or expectation (which we might not be consciously aware of) that is capable of influencing whether it happens or not through our subsequent actions. A self-fulfilling prophecy was first coined by sociologist Robert K.
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