Pygmalion effect
nounEtymology Named after Rosenthal and Jacobson's 1968 book Pygmalion in the Classroom, itself named after the mythological sculptor who fell in love with his statue.
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The phenomenon whereby the greater the expectation placed upon people is, the better they perform.
- Synonyms
- Rosenthal effect
- Related terms
- self-fulfilling prophecy, Michelangelo phenomenon
- Coordinate terms
- Golem effect