In search of the powerful self-fulfilling prophecy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6205541 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie Madon (0000-0003-2986-1253, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey), Lee Jussim (0000-0002-7218-3593), Jacquelynne S Eccles (0000-0002-6405-9330, University of Michigan), Jacquelynne Eccles |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 72 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 791-809 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.72.4.791 |
| PMID | 9108695 |
| OpenAlex | W4249385417 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 94 |
| References cited | 48 |
This research examined moderators of naturally occurring self-fulfilling prophecies. The authors assessed whether positive or negative self-fulfilling prophecies were more powerful and whether some targets were more susceptible to self-fulfilling prophecies because of their self-concepts in a particular achievement domain and previous academic records. Participants were 98 teachers and 1,539 students in sixth-grade public school math classes. Results yielded a strong pattern showing that teacher perceptions predicted achievement more strongly for low achievers than for high achievers. Results also yielded a much weaker pattern showing that teacher overestimates predicted achievement more strongly than teacher underestimates. Implications for social perceptual accuracy, self-enhancement theory, and understanding when self-fulfilling prophecies are stronger are discussed
Academic achievement · Developmental psychology · Mathematics education · Perception · Self · Self-concept · Self-fulfilling prophecy · Social comparison theory · Social perception · Education and Critical Thinking Development · Educational Strategies and Epistemologies · Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports · Psychology · Religion, Society, and Development · Social Psychology
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Construction of Social Reality During Early Adolescence
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School Adjustment
The longitudinal relations of teacher expectations to achievement in the early school years.
Classroom and Developmental Differences in a Path Model of Teacher Expectancy Effects
Early teacher perceptions and later student academic achievement.
Sustainability of teacher expectation bias effects on long-term student performance.
Interpersonal Processes
Teachers' experiences with and expectations of children with incarcerated parents
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A teacher expectation intervention
Pygmalion effects in the classroom
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The self-fulfilling influence of mother expectations on children's underage drinking
The impact of past relationships on interpersonal behavior
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The impact of teachers' expectations on students' educational opportunities in the life course
Classroom interactions
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Dispositions in Teacher Education
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Race and ethnic relations.
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Norm theory
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Self-fulfilling prophecies
Socialization of Achievement Attitudes and Beliefs
Definition and assessment of accuracy in social stereotypes.
Social perception and social reality
The Perceived Competence Scale for Children
Pygmalion in the classroom
Interpersonal perception
Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior
A Continuum of Impression Formation, from Category-Based to Individuating Processes
Social Perception, Social Stereotypes, and Teacher Expectations
Stereotype accuracy
Expectancies and Interpersonal Processes
Accuracy in Interpersonal Expectations
Self‐Concepts, Domain Values, and Self‐Esteem
Personality Correlates of Susceptibility To Persuasion1
Expectancy confirmation processes arising in the social interaction sequence
Negativity and extremity biases in impression formation
Personality moderators of interpersonal expectancy effects
Personality moderators of interpersonal expectancy effects
Stereotype‐Based Expectancies
Social Reality and Social Problems
Self-Consistency, Self-Enhancement, and Accuracy in Reactions to Feedback
Responses to evaluation as a function of initial self-perceptions
Teacher expectations
The moderator-mediator variable distinction in social psychological research
Identity negotiation
On confidence and consequence
Assessment, enhancement, and verification determinants of the self-evaluation process
Social perception and interpersonal behavior
Sex differences in achievement
Stereotype threat and the intellectual test performance of African Americans
Understanding reactions to feedback by integrating ideas from symbolic interactionism and cognitive evaluation theory
The cognitive–affective crossfire
Self- and interpersonal evaluations
Mediation of interpersonal expectancy effects
Asymmetrical effects of positive and negative events
A relationship between self-esteem and persuasibility
Issues in Multiple Regression
| Unique citing works | 92 |
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| Citations per year | 3,13 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2025 (30) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 88 |