Self fulfilling prophecy
According to social scientists our own expectations have a measurable impact in real life, what we expect from one another often turns out to be what we get from one another. The Pygmalion effect influences how we behave with one another. In fact Dr. Rosenthaw’s study documents that in the workplace when you are treated with high aptitude individuals believe their positive impact.
In essence you can train people by means of influence to realize expectations. High expectations translate into responsibility to match the dream attempting to be fulfilled of your performance. In contrast, if the expectation predicted in negative behavior can also be brought about. Our actions tip off others by means of communication;
- Climate– when we expect favorable things of others we create a positive climate for others
- Input– we teach more to those from who we expect more from
- Output– we create opportunity for people to express their questions for growth, know as the output factor
- Feedback– We mentor to when things are going well and how that can be expanded even further
- Body language- expresses considerable negative and positive impact
- Challenging assignments- opportunity to offer opinion, positive reinforcement.
- Sporadic Discouragement– unfocused critical expressiveness of lack of confidence
In summary, the idea that we can harness positive/negative communication and treat others as competent/incompetent individuals influencing transformation of self-expectations (performance abilities & aptitude).
Source: WFED 884 Lesson 5, Penn State University