39 - Robert Rosenthal: Self-Fulfilling Prophecies And The Pygmalion Effect

Eric chats with Robert Rosenthal, Professor of Psychology at University of California Riverside. Bob is the former Edgar Pierce Professor of Psychology at Harvard. Bob has gained worldwide fame for his work on self-fulfilling prophecies: “When we expect certain behaviors of others, we are likely to act in ways that make the expected behavior more likely to occur.” Over 50 years ago, Bob introduced the Pygmalion Effect many psychology students now read about in their textbooks: when teachers...