Pygmalion effect

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The tendency for people's expectations (e.g., in research studies) to indirectly influence outcomes: the 'expectancy' effect,

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Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.