The Pygmalion Effect

About this video lesson:
The Pygmalion Effect is the phenomenon whereby higher expectations lead to higher performance. The Pygmalion effect is also known as the Rosenthal Experiment, named after a research of Robert Rosenthal at Harvard. #learn #psychology #motivation

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Artist: Pascal Gaggelli
Voice: Mithril
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[skeg]

All of my teachers told me I was shy and I believed them, until one day a teacher said I wasn't shy, I'm just quietly confident.
That changed everything for me and I started believing in myself.

[angelinebena]

That’s why good teachers are important. They literally change people’s lives

[stellar_nathy]

This reminds me how EVERY SCHOOL YEAR, a teacher would say how we were "the worst behaved classroom" and from that point things only got worse and more dramatic

[lillianpark]

This is why as a teacher it’s so important to believe in all of your students.

[RelativelyBest]

Basically: Confidence has a _huge_ effect on performance, and your confidence is heavily influenced by people whose opinions you respect.

[ataman]

From a little different perspective. I was taught a sequence by my uncle: "If you call someone a monster and repeat it every day, he will become one"

[piliana]

A teacher told me I was slow at learning and understanding and I believed her, and when I finally met a teacher that showed me otherwise, I had the highest grades ever in my life

[teramir]

This is actually a very scary and yet tragic phenomenon. in short, society pushes the individual down the path it considers to be appropriate for them. be it a serial murderer, or a successful celebrity.

[Cormac_YT]

The people who were expected to do well were nurtured to do well and the people who were expected to do badly were developed to fulfill those expectations

[sdrice]

As an educator, I've seen this over and over. I wholeheartedly believe in this. I do my best to approach each class as a room full of young geniuses.

[arynkauble]

That’s exactly what my mom did. I was born with autism and told I’d always be in the gifted (not in a good way) classes. I didn’t start talking until I was 5 and couldn’t read until 7 but my mom always told me not to worry about it and I had the same potential as everyone else. She’s sit down and read with me and help me learn. She’s encourage everything I liked including cooking, trains, certain books, art, crafting (towers out of toothpicks, etc.) my favorite was building stuff out ofntoothpicks. Even before I believed I was gifted in a good way or advanced my mom always told me I was to her. Now I’m graduating with two associates degrees for interior architecture and science before I graduate highschool thanks to a program I get to take. Thank you for everything mom ❤️

[raimahossain]

This is interesting. I remember back in college I was tutoring some kids in high school in math, where some would get their work done asap while others I couldn't get to solve a single problem. Eventually, instead of giving up or getting frustrated on the few that acted like they just cant do it, I started to communicate with them more often, ask them questions that I knew they'd know how to answer and give them a little praise each time they were able to answer or they tried to, as though they just know how to solve the problems themselves, they just needed to believe and dig deeper. From there you keep applying it to slightly more difficult problems, give them a lil praise each time they try a bit harder especially when they might fail and now you have a child that actually wants to solve the problems and seems to be kind of enjoying it too. All because you had faith in them and helped them see that they can! It's amazing.

Remember to praise the effort, not the outcome.

[joeyv]

This should be such a focus for parenting, schooling, and any place of employment... this would teach real leadership

[sare]

Do not forget that this is a circle. Yes, other people’s opinions of you may impact you, but your opinion about yourself can impact the way other people view you, which in turn will continue to impact you. You always have a hand and a say in your own life. Make yourself the beginning of the circle.

[snookiewozo]

More appreciation -> more motivation -> more time spent -> more skill.

Simple as that.

[caravanlifenz]

My mother always had so many mental issues when I was a child, so I always stayed quiet and listened to all her problems. Consequently, she said I was the 'good, quiet' one. In adulthood, I took a psychology class and realised she was a manipulative bully and a narcissist, so I stopped going along with everything she said. Suddenly, I was demonised as the difficult, selfish one. It's amazing how you're 'good' when you go along with everything they want, and 'bad' when you say no to manipulative lies.

[AB-urrq]

"Whether you think you can or you can't, either way you are right."

- Henry Ford

[TheOtakuPrince]

As a taoist would like to say:
Never let yourself become a prisoner of others expectations and opinions. Know yourself. Be yourself.

[Arc_Viper]

As a short man, this is relatable. The Pygmalion effect is strong with men concerning their height. People all around me have lowered expectations because of my height. It took me years and years to get my own motivation to be charismatic and confident despite my environment. It's not easy.

[fulgur]

This is what happening in the schools for decades