Pygmalion Effect: Its Application in Classroom Volume 4 - Issue 2

Divya R*

• Department of Physiology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical college and Hospital, The Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical university, India

Received: August 19, 2020;   Published: August 26, 2020

Corresponding author: Divya R, Associate professor, Department of Physiology, Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical college and Hospital, The Tamilnadu Dr MGR Medical university, Perambalur, Tamilnadu, India

DOI: 10.32474/OJNBD.2020.04.000185

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Robert Rosenthal demarcated Pygmalion effect as ‘’the phenomenon whereby one person’s behavior comes to serve as a self-fulfilling prophecy’’ Research studies byRosenthal and Jacobsen (1968), amongst others, illustrates that the expectations of a teacher has a greater influence on the performance of the student. Superior expectations influence performance. Positive reinforcement can produce good results. Individuals who expect more, get more. Optimistic expectations has an impact on the performance positively, besides negative expectations affect the performance negatively

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