Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Self Fulfilling Prophecy
- Labelling
- majority group sees a minority group
as inferior
- use generic, broad, inferior terms to describe
them
- can be based on what an
individual has said, or on a
common stereotype
- stereotyping occurs when a
characteristic is applied to a whole
group, based on a minority who
actually posses it
- explanation for criminal/anti-social behvaiour
- label is applied to a certain person...
- they begin to see themselves in that way...
- believe they are expected to act a certain way...
- do behave in that way!
- Supporting Studies
- Rosenthal and Jacobson
- Madon et al
- Jahoda
- there are other explanations...
- social learning theory...