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Pygmalion Effect

The Pygmalion Effect is a psychological phenomenon in educational settings wherein students' academic performance improves or declines in accordance with teachers' expectations of their abilities, thereby demonstrating the impact of instructor beliefs on student outcomes.

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9.4K

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198

Authors

101

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2017–2026

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Variants

Rosenthal Effect

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Publications

113

Pygmalion in the Classroom: Teacher Expectation and Pupils' Intellectual Development.

Wilbur B. Brookover, Robert Rosenthal, Lenore Jacobson · American Sociological Review · 1969 · 2K citations

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The Pygmalion Process and Employee Creativity

Pamela Tierney, Steven M. Farmer · Journal of Management · 2003 · 660 citations

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Cities of words: pedagogical letters on a register of the moral life

Choice Reviews Online · 2004 · 384 citations

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Leadership and expectations: Pygmalion effects and other self-fulfilling prophecies in organizations

Dov Eden · The Leadership Quarterly · 1992 · 324 citations

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Pygmalion Grows Up: A Model for Teacher Expectation Communication and Performance Influence

Review of Educational Research · 1979 · 319 citations

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Authors

198

  1. RR
    Robert Rosenthal

    Harvard University Press, United States

    9 publications · 2.6K citations

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  2. DE
    Dov Eden

    Tel Aviv University, Israel

    9 publications · 944 citations

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  3. EB
    Elisha Babad

    Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    3 publications · 347 citations

    3

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  4. RS
    Robert S. Feldman

    University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States

    3 publications · 138 citations

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  5. LJ
    Lenore Jacobson

    San Francisco Unified School District, United States

    2 publications · 2K citations

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Institutions

101

  1. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    6 h-index

    15 publications

    1.6K citations

  2. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    221 citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Greensboro, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    80 citations

  4. University of Missouri

    Columbia, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    349 citations

  5. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    101 citations

  6. Hunan Provincial People's Hospital

    Changsha, China

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    110 citations

  7. Hunan Normal University

    Changsha, China

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    110 citations

  8. Tilburg University

    Tilburg, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    336 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    8 publications · 561 citations

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  2. Journal of Applied Psychology

    6 publications · 285 citations

    6

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  3. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 4 publications · 627 citations

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  4. The Leadership Quarterly

    LQ · 4 publications · 664 citations

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  5. Current Directions in Psychological Science

    3 publications · 197 citations

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