Taken from http://findabundance.blogspot.com/2010/04/pygmalion-and-self-fulfilling.html
Goethe said, “Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.”
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The Pygmalion Effect occurs when you believe that someone is capable of achieving something, then that person will indeed achieve it (your positive expectation in someone makes that person unconsciously believe in them selves). In other words, believing in the potential someone has simply makes it happen. The Pygmalion Effect not only occurs when someone else expect a person to do something good or bad, but it can also occur when a person think they know their capabilities and flows and act according to them. For example a positive feeling or emotion about your self will create a positive outcome on the other hand a negative feeling will create a bad outcome. In other words you always have to be positive to achieve anything that you put you mind on.
1. If you believe that your boss does not like you. Than you would react by working poorly, not showing enthusiasm in your assignments, and being afraid of saying something to you boss because of his reaction. This can lead to you getting fired.
2. You believe your going to fail my exams because the subject is really hard and you do not understand it or you are to dumb. You react by being late for class, not handing in you homework, not paying attention to your teacher and just quit studying. Guess what just as you thought you do poorly and fail the course.
3. You believe that you can never lose weight and get fit and as a result you do not bother to give it a try. So you quit the gym, don’t change your eating habits and never try to exercise.
4. If your boss believes that you are very smart and that you have great ideas for the company and he always has a positive attitude around you. You react by trying your best at everything you do, and proposing great strategic ideas that lead you to a better salary.
5. If somebody tells you that certain person is a trouble maker. Then your perception about that person is attached to what the other person told you, and you cannot surpass that. For example if the person said to be a trouble maker actually makes a mistake, you see it normal because that’s how they supposedly are. On the other hand if that person does something good, since that is unexpected than you try to justify his actions. Saying for example he is probably having a good day, or maybe he’s trying to change.
6. The media can also play with the Pygmalion Effect, on the news you usually see the story as being positive or negative and that influences how you perceive certain situations. For example if they say that certain product is the best ever seen in the market, that you will react by buying it and probably sharing their thoughts about the product.
I think that the best explanation to de Pygmalion effect is the one that shows this blog because in own words, the Pygmalion effect consist in the reaction of the people unconsciously to the treatment that the people shows to you. In other words could happen that somebody has a good expectation of you and you unconsciously will try to do the best to respond to that expectative. It happens for example in a soccer team when the coach hire you to participate in his team, you unconsciously know that he prefers you at the beginning over the other players and you should respond to that responsibility, then if you don’t respond, you will be substituted.
ResponderEliminari found very esay to undestand the meaning of how the pygmailon effect should be used , in my consept you have provide a very clear explanation on the theory and you have managed to aply it to real life examples ,that we are always experiencing as you sayself programation (when you say that someone doesnt like you , or your goin to fail )represent a very important focus poin in th pygmalion theory .
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Your essay it so clear and practical to read, the phase you put “Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be.” it really cool and 100 % true in the life we most act and believe in a positive way!!
ResponderEliminarYou got it Manueala, Actually you really reach a clear explanation to the case of the pygmalion effect, the sculptor of the greek mythology that what it really leaves as important to the managerial organizational behaviour is that he overcome so much his own expectation and he creates a perfect statue, that he fell in love of his own creation.
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