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| − | One's expectations about a person can eventually lead that person to behave and achieve in ways that confirm those expectations. | + | <blockquote> |
| + | One's expectations about a person can eventually lead that person to behave and achieve in ways that confirm those expectations. | ||
| + | <ref>http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/teacherexpect.html</ref></blockquote> | ||
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| + | The [[Pygmalion effect]] is "the idea that one's expectations about a person can eventually lead that person to behave and achieve in ways that confirm those expectations"{{fact}}<ref>http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/files/teacherexpect.html</ref> | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
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| + | * [[Expectation (math)]] | ||
*[[Placebo|Placebo effect]] | *[[Placebo|Placebo effect]] | ||
*[[Subject-expectancy effect]] | *[[Subject-expectancy effect]] | ||
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Revision as of 19:00, December 2, 2008
One's expectations about a person can eventually lead that person to behave and achieve in ways that confirm those expectations.
The Pygmalion effect is "the idea that one's expectations about a person can eventually lead that person to behave and achieve in ways that confirm those expectations"[Citation Needed][2]