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where they told teachers that some of their kids were really smart
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and other kids were less-- were not really smart,
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they weren't expected to show a huge jump or spurt in their IQ,
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and this was of course trickery. The children were chosen at random
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but the children who were described as showing--
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as expected to show a jump in IQ, in fact, did show a jump in their IQ scores
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and this isn't magic. It's basically--if I am told that you're a genius
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and your genius is about to be in full-flower throughout this class
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and it's a small class as these classes were, i'll focus more on you,
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I'll give you more of my attention. If I'm told "Not so much for you,"
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you'll suffer relative to him.
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And so the Pygmalion effect shows how our expectations can really matter.