Rosenthal effect, also known as pygmalion effect effect and interpersonal expectation effect, is a kind of social psychological effect, which refers to the phenomenon that teachers earnestly hope their students can receive the expected effect dramatically.
Rosenthal effect was discovered by American psychologists Rosenthal and Jacobson through experiments in 1968. Generally speaking, this influence is mainly because teachers have different behavior expectations for high achievers and low achievers and treat them in different ways, thus maintaining their original behavior patterns.
The experimenter believes that teachers not only have higher expectations for the students on the list because of the hints of the experimenter, but also convey implicit expectations to these students through attitudes, expressions, understanding and giving more questions, guidance and praise, and students give teachers positive feedback.
This kind of feedback has aroused teachers' greater enthusiasm for education, maintained their original expectations and paid more attention to these students. This cycle will make these students' intelligence, academic performance and social behavior close to the teachers' expectations and make them come true.
The Rosenthal effect reminds us that encouraging education is far better than stick education. If you think your child is smart and excellent, he or she will become smart and excellent, because in this process, you will pay attention to your child and give him more touching and praise.