Pygmalion Effect

    People tend to live up to what’s expected of them and they tend to do better when treated as if they are capable of success. This is “Pygmalion Effect.” It is a kind of  self-fulfilling prophercy. When you believe the team will perform well, in some strange, magical way they do. But when you believe they will not perform well, they don’t.  “you get what you expect.” 

     The Pygmalion Effect is based on Greek mythology. Pygmalion, who was the king of Cyprus, carved an ivory statue of the perfect woman, who he named Galatea. With the help of Venus, and his own loving belief, Galatea was brought to life. This power of belief was the basis for George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion and the musical My Fair Lady. In short, the Pygmalion Effect is the belief that we will usually get what we expect.

I believe it!! I get whatever I expect!!!
     

~ by mi2genius on March 31, 2008.