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Episode: What's the Pygmalion Effect? | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
Published on February 9, 2024
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Pygmalion in the classroom
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So they published a study in 1968 called Pygmalion in the Classroom, and again they named it after Pygmalion because in that story from Ovid, the sculptor Pygmalion sculpts a beautiful woman, falls in love with her, and loves the statue so much that the goddess Venus says, "I'm going to make you a real-life person."
In this segment, the hosts discuss a study published in 1968 titled 'Pygmalion in the Classroom', which is directly relevant to the episode's exploration of the Pygmalion effect. The study serves as the foundation for the book mentioned later in the conversation.
All right, so where we left off, the study was called Pygmalion in the Classroom published in '68 as the paper and then also notably as a full book.
The hosts discuss 'Pygmalion in the Classroom', emphasizing that it was published as both a paper and a full book, noting the book's significant influence.