Question

Sarah is a middle school teacher. She believes that Aaron, a fifth grader, is a bright student even though his performance so far has been average. Sarah pays more attention to Aaron, mentors him, and helps him with his lab experiments. As a result, Aaron gets better grades toward the end of the year. This scenario exemplifies _____

A) the Pygmalion effectB) learned helplessnessC) classical conditioningD) the boomerang effect

Answer 1

Pygmalion effect

Explanation:

Pygmalion effect is the psychological process in which the expectation related to work improves the performance of a person. George Bernard Shaw was a social psychologist who proposed the Pygmalion effect.

Many psychologists conducted much research on the Pygmalion effect. Rosenthal was a psychologist who has been used this affect students' classroom where it has been called a classroom Pygmalion effect.

Thus here Sarah a middle-class school teacher who has been used Pygmalion effect in her classroom to improve the performance of the students.