Self-fulfilling prophesies
Definition:
Self-fulfilling prophecy (n.)- A belief in a certain outcome held so strongly that one either consciously or unconsciously creates the conditions which would bring about that result. Most often seen in relation to research studies. See alsocynicism
Say, for instance, you work at a certain school. This school has an extraordinarily high rate of turnover, for a lot of very valid reasons. Now, because of this very high rate, remaining employees come to expect every person who comes in to almost immediately turn around and leave again. After all, past experience would show this expectation to be quite valid. How many times can you see the same situation and the same conditions and not expect the same outcome? Isn’t the very definition of insanity "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?"
Naturally, a person remaining in the difficult situation would find it very hard to open up to anyone else coming in, much less a caring, hard-working, admittedly very weird and occasionally annoying person who genuinely wants to work, learn, and help, but herself has a lot of trouble adjusting and fitting in in a very new and different environment. But because this new employee is so weird and because veterans and students alike have already come to expect people to leave, particularly someone who is seemingly having a lot of trouble adjusting, neither is giving the other much of a chance. The veterans find it hard to see and trust the "new" person’s experiences and instincts, and as a result, the newbie is finding it hard to be receptive to her own experiences and instincts and those of the veterans; creating, therefore a hostile environment for all and one which would certainly lead to said self-fulfilling prophesy: the turnover rate. It’s a vicious cycle.
Self-fulfilling prophecy (n.)- A belief in a certain outcome held so strongly that one either consciously or unconsciously creates the conditions which would bring about that result. Most often seen in relation to research studies. See alsocynicism
Say, for instance, you work at a certain school. This school has an extraordinarily high rate of turnover, for a lot of very valid reasons. Now, because of this very high rate, remaining employees come to expect every person who comes in to almost immediately turn around and leave again. After all, past experience would show this expectation to be quite valid. How many times can you see the same situation and the same conditions and not expect the same outcome? Isn’t the very definition of insanity "doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result?"
Naturally, a person remaining in the difficult situation would find it very hard to open up to anyone else coming in, much less a caring, hard-working, admittedly very weird and occasionally annoying person who genuinely wants to work, learn, and help, but herself has a lot of trouble adjusting and fitting in in a very new and different environment. But because this new employee is so weird and because veterans and students alike have already come to expect people to leave, particularly someone who is seemingly having a lot of trouble adjusting, neither is giving the other much of a chance. The veterans find it hard to see and trust the "new" person’s experiences and instincts, and as a result, the newbie is finding it hard to be receptive to her own experiences and instincts and those of the veterans; creating, therefore a hostile environment for all and one which would certainly lead to said self-fulfilling prophesy: the turnover rate. It’s a vicious cycle.