The Pygmalion Effect in the Psychology Classroom of Tai'an Idecon

The Pygmalion effect is said to have originated from an ancient Greek myth: King Pygmalion of Cyprus was a famous sculptor. He carefully sculpted a beautiful and lovely maiden in ivory, and he fell y in love with this "maiden", and he sincerely hoped that his love could be accepted by the "maiden". So he brought a sumptuous offering to Aphrodite's temple to ask the goddess for help, and he prayed that the goddess would give life to the statue. His sincere hope moved the goddess, and she actually brought the beautiful statue to life. Pygmalion then took her as his wife.

People summarized the "Pygmalion effect" from the story of Pygmalion: expectation and praise can produce miracles. American psychologists Rosenthal and Jacobson made a classic proof of this effect and made it widely used, so the "Pygmalion effect" is also known as the "Rosenthal effect".

? In 1968, Rosenthal and Jacobson traveled to a school in the United States and began research and experimentation.

? They first predicted the performance of six classes of students in the school, and the list of students they thought had the potential to develop with an appreciative tone to inform the school's principal and the teachers concerned, and repeatedly urged to keep the list confidential. In fact, the names on these lists were arbitrarily chosen by them. However, surprisingly, eight months later there were surprising results: the list of students have made significant progress in performance, and more cheerful personality, desire to learn, dare to express their views, and teachers have a particularly good relationship.

? Why is there such a significant difference after eight months? This is the phenomenon of *** chirping in the psychology of expectations. It turns out that these teachers, having received authoritative predictive hints, began to look at these students with praise and trust, with a kind and gentle attitude, without harshly accusing them even when they made mistakes, and by praising their virtues to show that they trusted them to correct their mistakes, in effect, they played the role of Pygmalion. It is this hidden expectation and praise to make students enhance the enterprising spirit, make them more self-esteem, self-love, self-confidence and self-improvement, and strive to rise, so the "miracle".

? This experiment made Rosenthal and Jacobson more certain of their findings that expecting more from others can lead to better results.

? The "Pygmalion effect" leaves us with this revelation: praise, trust and expectation has a kind of energy, he can change human behavior, when a person to get another person's trust, praise, he will feel the support of the community, so as to enhance the confidence, become self-confident, self-esteem, get a kind of positive motivation, and try to to meet the expectations of the other person in order to avoid the other person's disappointment, thus maintaining the continuity of this social support. Therefore, the "Pygmalion effect" is also known as the "expectancy effect". It suggests that everyone has the potential to succeed, but whether or not they do depends in part on whether or not the people around them can love, expect, and educate them in the same way as they do successful people.

? The Pygmalion effect tells us that communicating positive expectations to a person leads to faster progress and better development. On the other hand, negative expectations will cause a person to give up and give up.