The Pygmalion Effect, also known as the study by Bob Rosenthal, shows that people's expectations of you can determine your life. In a study by Rosenthal, teachers were told that certain students were late bloomers and gifted, even though they were picked at random. The teachers then treated these students as gifted and talented, which resulted in the students actually performing better. This effect emphasizes the impact of other people's expectations on an individual's performance.
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- RESOURCES:
- "What’s the Best Way to Find a Gifted 4-Year-Old?" by Ginia Bellafante (The New York Times, 2022).
- "Without the Wonderlic, the N.F.L. Finds Other Ways to Test Football I.Q.," by Robert O’Connell (The New York Times, 2022).
- "The Dark History of I.Q. Tests," by Stefan Dombrowski (TED-Ed, 2020).
- Grinnell College 2019 Commencement Address, by Amy Tan (2019).
- "Universal Screening Increases the Representation of Low-Income and Minority Students in Gifted Education," by David Card and Laura Giuliano (PNAS, 2016).
- "The Supreme Court Ruling That Led To 70,000 Forced Sterilizations," by Terry Gross (Fresh Air, 2016).
- "Intelligence Is Not Enough: Non-IQ Predictors of Achievement," by Angela Lee Duckworth (Dissertation Abstracts International: Section B: The Sciences and Engineering, 2006).
- "Pygmalion in the Classroom," by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson (The Urban Review, 1968).