Determinism is linked to the idea of causality, which is the relationship between cause and effect. Under certain conditions, an event will cause an outcome. Determinists believe that much of what ...

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The Pygmalion effect is not just a psychological curiosity, but a relational dynamic that cuts across all fields of learning. A look back at scientific studies on the Pygmalion effect, named after the ...

In the early 1960s, a psychology experiment at the University of North Dakota involved students working with lab rats. Half were informed their rats were genetically predisposed to excel in learning ...

Simply holding positive expectations about someone’s performance and truly believing in their capabilities can subtly but powerfully affect their behavior—leading to positive outcomes. This is what is ...

Every year without fail, the Hungarian National Ballet proves that its capabilities know no bounds: it manages to entrance audiences with everything from grand ballets requiring spectacular classical ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Raphaël Pichon has quickly become one of the most interesting conductors not just in his specialty of period instruments, but in classical music. The conductor Raphaël Pichon.

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In Greek mythology, Pygmalion was an artist who fell in love with one of his ivory sculptures of a woman and prayed to the gods to give ...