Rosenthal and Jacobson's "Pygmalion in the Classroom" study...

Name: Problem 15, Chapter 14: Barron's AP Psychology
Uploaded: 2021-02-08T03:44:44-08:00
Duration: 3 min 42 s
Channel: Yazeed Hamami
Description: Rosenthal and Jacobson's "Pygmalion in the Classroom" study showed that (A) people's expectations of others can influence the behavior of those others. (B) attitudes are not always good predictors of behavior. (C) contact is not sufficient to break down prejudices. (D) people like to think that others get what they deserve. (E) cohesive groups often make bad decisions

Rosenthal and Jacobson's "Pygmalion in the Classroom" study showed that (A) people's expectations of others can influence the behavior of those others. (B) attitudes are not always good predictors of behavior. (C) contact is not sufficient to break down prejudices. (D) people like to think that others get what they deserve. (E) cohesive groups often make bad decisions

Rosenthal and Jacobson's "Pygmalion in the Classroom" study showed that
(A) people's expectations of others can influence the behavior of those others.
(B) attitudes are not always good predictors of behavior.
(C) contact is not sufficient to break down prejudices.
(D) people like to think that others get what they deserve.
(E) cohesive groups often make bad decisions

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Key Concepts

Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

A self-fulfilling prophecy is a phenomenon in which a person's expectations about another lead that person to behave in ways that cause the original expectations to come true. This occurs because the expected behavior is reinforced through interactions, confirming the initial belief.

Expectancy Effect

The expectancy effect refers to the impact that a person’s expectations can have on another's performance or behavior. In educational settings, for example, teachers who expect higher achievement from certain students might unconsciously provide more attention and support, thereby enhancing those students' performance.

Transcript

0:00 Hi guys.

00:01 Today we're looking at the question rosenthal and jacobson's.

00:04 Sorry about that.

00:06 Pygmalion in the classroom.

00:08 So i'm just going to write pig in class as a way to remember that.

00:12 Study showed that.

00:14 So for this question, it helps to know what the pygmalion in the classroom study actually involved.

00:18 So it began with the researchers going to teachers of classes.

00:24 And they would tell the teachers, we tested the kids and we learned that group one, are the smart kids, smart, and group two are the not so smart kids, just been labeled that as not.

00:42 Most of the time, these tests were bogus, and a lot of the kids who were labeled smart, a lot of kids who were labeled not smart, there wasn't any significant, like, evidence that they were either.

00:53 So it was just, they were just giving the teacher false information.

00:56 What this resulted in is an actual alteration of the teacher's behaviors to the kids to match their, expectations.

01:03 So if the teacher saw a kid as smart, what they're going to do is they're going to give them more attention, more attention.

01:18 I'm just going to write that as att for attention, and they're going to teach them differently, increased different teaching than the kids labeled not smart...

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