Golem Effect
10 min read
The golem effect is when low expectations placed on a person lead to poorer performance, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Social Biases / Expectations and performance
/ Negative Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Tag
Explore 3 cognitive biases related to this topic.
10 min read
The golem effect is when low expectations placed on a person lead to poorer performance, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Social Biases / Expectations and performance
/ Negative Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
10 min read
The Pygmalion effect is the tendency for people to perform better when higher expectations are placed on them, turning others’ beliefs into self-fulfilling prophecies.
Social Biases / Expectation effects
/ Rosenthal effect
12 min read
Regression to the mean is the statistical tendency for extreme performances or measurements to be followed by more average ones, often misinterpreted as real change or the effect of interventions.
Cognitive Biases / Statistical misinterpretation
/ Regression Toward the Mean