Actually, pretty much all I had in mind was in the class “confidence that something will work makes you better at it”—but looking up “Self-fulfilling prophecy” on Wikipedia reminded me of the Observer-expectancy effect (incl. the Clever Hans effect and similar). Some of Bostrom’s information hazards also are relevant.
Actually, pretty much all I had in mind was in the class “confidence that something will work makes you better at it”—but looking up “Self-fulfilling prophecy” on Wikipedia reminded me of the Observer-expectancy effect (incl. the Clever Hans effect and similar). Some of Bostrom’s information hazards also are relevant.