According to the article, The Potential Roles of Self-Fulfilling Prophecies, Stigma Consciousness, and Stereotype Threat in Linking Latino/a Ethnicity and Educational Outcomes; "A self-fulfilling prophecy occurs when a perceiver's false belief influences the perceiver's treatment of a target which, in turn, shapes the target's behavior in an expectancy-consistent manner"
Self-fulfilling prophecy is a three step process.
1. First a perceiver must hold a false belief about a target, like when a teacher underestimates a student's true potential
2. Then, the perceiver must treat the target in a manner that is consistent with the false belief, such as if a teacher presents easier material to low-expectancy students
3. Finally, the target must confirm the originally false belief, as when a low-expectancy student underperforms
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