According to Lu, anxiety about not getting proper sleep often becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy: The more you worry that you can’t rest, the less rest you’ll get. In psychological terms ...

This prompts individuals to become overly alert, cynical and on the look-out for anything that rings a psychological bell—creating a self-fulfilling prophecy that is now referred to as the ...

Many leaders and media are intentionally manufacturing and stoking divisions for their own self-interest, with social media helping ... in the country are intrinsically about social and psychological ...

Mark Travers writes about the world of psychology. Imagine someone telling ... effect comes in—at its core, it is a self-fulfilling prophecy. When high expectations are placed on someone ...

This is creating a self-fulfilling prophecy that's making housing more unaffordable for first-time buyers, according to David Rosenberg, Gluskin Sheff's chief economist. Home prices are near ...