Teachers Expectations: The Pygmalion Effect In Basketball

Has someone ever felt like they can not do something just because someone told them that they could not or that they were not going to do it good? This is a perfect example of the pygmalion effect. Most of the time the Pygmalion effect is accidental. Most people don't even know what it is but it is all around us in our lives. If a person shows doubt in someone's ability to do something that can change the total outcome of that thing. If a person is going to shoot a 3-pointer in basketball and someone shows doubt in their abilities to make that shot, they might not make that shot only because someone showed doubt in them. The opposite is also true, if someone is going to shoot a 3-pointer in basketball and someone has complete faith in their abilities, and that shows on their face and how they act, that might even be the cause they swished that 3-pointer. The Pygmalion effect appears in everyday life and it is important to know how to use it for good.
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The pygmalion effect is unknown to most people. According to the article “Teachers Expectations; The Power of the Pygmalion Effect” the pygmalion effect is “The theory holding that higher expectations of a person leads to higher performance.” It basically means “If lower expectations are placed on

The article “Self-Fulfilling Prophecy” written by The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia™ says that a self-fulfilling prophecy is “A concept developed by Robert K merton to explain how a belief or expectation, whether correct or not affects the outcome of a situation or the way a person (or group) will behave.” It can also be defined as a “Process through which an originally false expectation leads to its own confirmation”(“Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia™”). All Self-Fulfilling prophecies don’t come true but most of the time they do(“Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia™”). Self-fulfilling prophecies are perfect examples of the pygmalion