The Psychology of the Big Fish, Little Pond Effect

The psychology of big fish, little pond and little fish, big pond is an interesting topic that explores our self-worth and expectations of ourselves in the future./nThere is a significant amount of research on the big fish little pond effect, which has been observed for decades./nHerbert Marsh, an educational psychologist, is credited with starting the exploration of this phenomenon in the school context./nElite institution cognitive disorder is a term coined by Malcolm Gladwell to describe the challenge faced by students who were the best in their high school but feel average or below average in elite institutions like Harvard./nMany of these students drop out of STEM programs due to this feeling of being average or below average for the first time.