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Does The Law Of Attraction Really Work?
The Law of Attraction is an idea pushed to the extreme that already exists in individual components in the field Psychology.
There are many components, but the two main ones at play are Confirmation Bias and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
The APA (American Psychology Association) defines these as follows:
Confirmation Bias is the tendency to gather evidence that confirms preexisting expectations, typically by emphasizing or pursuing supporting evidence while dismissing or failing to seek contradictory evidence.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy is a belief or expectation that helps to bring about its own fulfillment, as, for example, when a person expects nervousness to impair his or her performance in a job interview or when a teacher’s preconceptions about a student’s ability influence the child’s achievement for better or worse.
Both of these work in tandem to create the life you believe in.
They work the same as the Law of Attraction in that they shape what you see, notice and therefore, interact with, around you.
The only difference is that the Law of Attraction, at least in some regard, insinuates that you can get what you want without lifting a finger on it.
