self- fulfilling perception


	self- fulfilling perception

balthazarus

8-8-2008 9:22 AM

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psychology, prejudice

balthazarus says:

"This shows that a person's level of sensitivity to being stereotyped -- their expectation that a person will behave prejudicially towards them -- may distort their perception of reality."

Zooming out from the specification of the article, i think it points to the inevitability of seeing what one is "programmed" to see. where is the way out?

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8-8-2008 3:05 PM

carrerinyes

I like the clip, but this is hardly "groundbreaking" information...

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