The first topic I plan on discussing is how the self-fulfilling prophecy can affect a person's self-esteem. The self-fulfilling prophecy explains how one's expectations about another person will eventually lead that person to behave in ways that would confirm these expectations. The self-fulfilling prophecy can affect a person's self-esteem, which is a person's evaluation of himself or herself (lecture, 9/29/04). According to the self-fulfilling prophecy, we would alter our behavior to confirm people's expectations about us. Therefore, a negative comment and expectation about us could arouse a negative view of ourselves which may lower our self-esteem. For example, if a person were to make a comment that I was irresponsible and expected me to not handle my tasks responsibly; I would then confirm these expectations by acting irresponsibly. By confirming these expectations and behaving in that manner, I am more likely to hold a more negative view of myself which would in turn lower my......

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Title: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
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