Review on The Pygmalion Effect: Will expectations from the others affect someone’s performance?
1.014 Words / ~3 pages Hong Kong Polytechnic University - PolyU HK
Will expectations from the others affect someone’s performance? Do you agree that once the others expected something more on you, your performance would likely be better? According to the Pygmalion effect(Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson ,1968), there is a positive correlation between expectation and performance. Rosenthal and others have found that higher expectations lead teachers to act differently in regard to the learner. The Pygmalion effect is a form of self-fulfilling prophecy which concluded when someone is believed that has the ability to be a great performer by the respective authorities, their belief becomes reality as their potential abilities have been aroused. To some of its extent, I agree with this theory as it always applies in my daily life. In my secondary school, I chose business and financial…[show more]
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