Pygmalion Effect - Deepstash
Pygmalion Effect

Pygmalion Effect

The Pygmalion effect is where an individual’s performance is influenced by others’ expectations.

In other words, higher expectations lead to higher performance.

However, the Pygmalion effect specifically refers to how our expectations of others affect our behavior towards them.

In turn, this can contribute to higher performance.

80

539 reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

azharalam

Being an INFJ... " Every soul has to taste death' one day, so be kind to everyone, even when he's your enemy "

The idea is part of this collection:

How To Give And Receive Constructive Criticism

Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection

Understanding the importance of constructive criticism

How to receive constructive criticism positively

How to use constructive criticism to improve performance

Related collections

Similar ideas to Pygmalion Effect

The Pygmalion Effect

Many people have stories of achieving something great because someone had high expectations of them. The concept of the Pygmalion Effect is that expectations will influence performance and become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The term "Pygmalion effect" comes from studie...

How the Pygmalion Effect works?

How the Pygmalion Effect works?

  • The initial belief and expectations of others are verified.
  • People’s beliefs and expectations effect their actions towards others.
  • Those actions impact on the beliefs and expectations that other people hold true about themselves.
  • Those ...

Proving Others Right

The Pygmalion effect suggests that other people's expectations can influence how we think, how we act, how we view our capabilities, and what we achieve.

In Pygmalion in Management, J. Sterling Livingston writes that managers have the ability to lower or increase the p...

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates