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5 unusual facts about Pygmalion effect


Golem effect

The golem effect has very similar underlying principles to its theoretical counterpart, the Pygmalion effect.

Observer-expectancy effect

Pygmalion effect – teachers who expect higher achievement from some children actually get it

Pygmalion effect

The prior research that motivated this study was done in 1911 by psychologists regarding the case of Clever Hans, a horse that gained notoriety because it was supposed to be able to read, spell, and solve math problems by using its hoof to answer.

According to once often-cited but controversial non-scientific study of Jane Elliott, the Pygmalion effect can play a role in racial expectations and behavior.

Jane Elliott incorporated this into her study of the classroom when racially profiling her children when creating her responses to her "inferior" or "superior" children.



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