
(or Rosenthal effect) refers to situations in which students perform better than other students simply because they are expected to do so.
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The Pygmalion effect, or Rosenthal effect, is the phenomenon whereby the greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform. The effect is named after the Greek myth of Pygmalion. Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had carved. A corollary of the Pygmalion effect is the golem effect, in which low expectation...
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Situations in which participants in a study perform better than other participants simply because they are expected to do so.
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