Question: who said about self fulfilling prophesies? I know that its said a lot in counselling but did anyone actually make it up?

Answer: Wolfensberger to do with a theory called normalisation, usually used in social work, Learning Disabilities especially.  Basically it means that if you keep telling and treating someone they are stupid,or 'less than' they will believe it and behave accordingly.  Hence self fullfilling prophecy.
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