1st Edition

Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Social, Psychological, and Physiological Effects of Expectancies

By Russell A. Jones Copyright 1977
290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

290 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1977, Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: Social, Psychological, and Physiological Effects of Expectancies integrates a wide variety of research and theory dealing with inter- and intrapersonal expectancies, from which the author develops a new theoretical model. The model explores the relationships between a person’s expectation of success and both the objective probability of... Read more

Preface.  Acknowledgments.  1. Self-Fulfilling Prophecies  2. Implicit Theories of Personality  3. Stereotypes and Psychological Diagnosis  4. Labeling and the Communication of Expectations  5. Expectancies and Goals  6. Performance  7. Expectations, Health, and Disease  8. Perspective. References.  Author Index.  Subject Index.

Biography

Russell A. Jones (1940–2020) was a Professor at University of Kentucky at the time of original publication.