Thursday, April 5, 2012
Week 9, Post #3
I found the section on self-fulfilling prophecies to be quite interesting. In this case, “ people act toward us in the way that we expect.” (185) For example, if you begin to act like you don’t trust an individual they may begin to act in untrustworthy ways. I see this as almost convincing the other person that they are doing something wrong, when really their not. A perfect example is when you’re in a relationship and you partner doesn’t trust you without good reason. In this case one may begin to question if your partner thinks your untrustworthy because of the dirt that their doing behind your back. As a result, one might begin to do things pushing the limits of trust that they might not have done if they were trusted in the first place. Often times if you act like there are issues in the relationship that aren’t there, they might begin to eventually arise.
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Self-fulfilling prophecies was quite interesting to me as well. I enjoyed your example of a relationship and trust verses distrust incorporating this term. I also thought of how you meet people and you click with them right away. There are many of my dearest friends that I met at school, at work, or other social places that I met and became best friends by the first day. These moments are because we self disclose a lot of information openly and feel as if there are a tight bond, so my attitude becomes theirs and vise versa. I could not imagine going through that self-fulfilling prophecy.
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