Confirmation Bias and Self-Fullfilling Prophecy Research
Below is the discussion prompt from my Psychology professor from my "Social Psychology" class:
Stereotyping not only influences our perception of other people (confirmation bias), but can also lead us to interact with people in ways that influence their behavior (self-fulfilling prophecy).
For this written discussion assignment pick only ONE scenario- Choose either between "teachers/students" OR choose "police officers/suspects" and explain how the either teachers' or police officers' racial stereotypes can lead to "confirmation bias" and "self-fulfilling prophecy". Make sure to think carefully and apply both "confirmation bias" and "self-fulfilling prophecy" terms accurately in your written discussion assignment.
I'll give you an example of what I'm looking in this assignment. I will use a "waiter/patron" as an example. If the waiter has a stereotype that young patrons do not tip well, she may display confirmation bias by remembering times that young patrons have not tipped well (and ignoring times when young patrons have tipped well). The stereotypes may also become a self-fulfilling prophecy in that she may talk differently and wait less on young patrons, which in turn may make them tip less (thereby confirming the stereotype).
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Confirmation Bias and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Confirmation bias is a factor that leads to self-fulfilling prophecies especially in social situations where people constantly seek for information that confirms their expectations. They would tend to remember the negative part of the story more than the positive one. For example, in a teacher/student scenario a teacher could develop a prejudiced view of a poor performing student or a whole class, and from there henceforth the teacher will only notice and remember any slide evidence that confirms his or her expectation.
Self-fulfilling prophecy is a situation that comes about where a person unknowingly makes a prediction to come true because of the pre-set expectation. In teacher/ student scenario, the teacher may fail to assist a learner since he or she deems the learner as a f...
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