Humans behave in a way to validate their self image. If your self image is that you are an introvert, that reduces the likelihood that you will do things that you consider extroverted behavior.
There are studies where teachers were told randomly that some of their students are smart and other aren’t. That’s enough to make those students who teachers believe to be smart perform better as people live up to expectations.
I wonder if there’s been research into the details of what the teachers did—more praise, more focused instruction, higher standards, more encouragement.....
And of course, whether the research has been replicated.
And of course, whether the research has been replicated.
There are ethics problems with getting the study design approved again so no. But as far as I understand there a larger body of research that indicates that expectations have a large influence on behavior. I never digged into the actual papers, so if someone spent more time looking into the subject, I would also happy to hear about it.
My first guess would be “more charitable readings of their work”. What’s evidence of missing the point in someone you think of as an idiot might be evidence of a creative solution in someone you think of as a genius, and kids’ answers are often ambiguous.
Humans behave in a way to validate their self image. If your self image is that you are an introvert, that reduces the likelihood that you will do things that you consider extroverted behavior.
There are studies where teachers were told randomly that some of their students are smart and other aren’t. That’s enough to make those students who teachers believe to be smart perform better as people live up to expectations.
I wonder if there’s been research into the details of what the teachers did—more praise, more focused instruction, higher standards, more encouragement.....
And of course, whether the research has been replicated.
There are ethics problems with getting the study design approved again so no. But as far as I understand there a larger body of research that indicates that expectations have a large influence on behavior. I never digged into the actual papers, so if someone spent more time looking into the subject, I would also happy to hear about it.
My first guess would be “more charitable readings of their work”. What’s evidence of missing the point in someone you think of as an idiot might be evidence of a creative solution in someone you think of as a genius, and kids’ answers are often ambiguous.