Reality Lives! Redeeming an Apparently Unfulfilled Prophecy
Reality Lives! Redeeming an Apparently Unfulfilled Prophecy
Michael Harris Bond and behavioral scientist, reflects on his most underappreciated work: a thesis research on the concept of social reality and the opposite of a self-fulfilling prophecy, which he termed “self-reversing prophecy.” Bond examined the possibility that we social actors develop an impression of another person for whatever reasons, then act towards that person in a way that makes his or behavior conform to our impression, rendering others consistent to our mind's eye. He proposed that it is possible to create and sustain the interpersonal reality that surrounds us. He explored these ideas within the context of “behavioral confirmation” as opposed to “behavioral disconfirmation”.
Keywords: Michael Harris Bond, social reality, self-fulfilling prophecy, self-reversing prophecy, impression, interpersonal reality, behavioral confirmation, behavioral disconfirmation
Oxford Scholarship Online requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books within the service. Public users can however freely search the site and view the abstracts and keywords for each book and chapter.
Please, subscribe or login to access full text content.
If you think you should have access to this title, please contact your librarian.
To troubleshoot, please check our FAQs , and if you can't find the answer there, please contact us .
