The Pygmalion Effect
February 19th, 2006 by gawainPygmalion is a fictional character from the Roman poet Ovid. Pygmalion was a lonely sculptor who carved a woman out of ivory.
According to Ovid he is ‘not interested in women’, but his statue is so
realistic that he falls in love with it. He offers the statue presents
and eventually prays to Venus ,
the goddess of beauty and love. Venus takes pity on him and brings the
statue to life. He marries, and their son Paphos was the product of the
union between Pygmalion and his statue-wife.
This greek myth brought about the term used by behavioural psychologist as the pygmalion effect.
The concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy can be summarized in these key principles:
1) We form certain expectations of people or events
2) We communicate those expectations with various cues
3) People tend to respond to these cues by adjusting their behavior to match them
4) The result is that the original expectation becomes true
This creates a circle of self-fulfilling prophecies.
Let me put this back to pickup language for all the dumbass’ around, who dont get my drift.
Negative example
You see a couple of chicks at bar counter ordering drinks. You are biologically designed to immediately form an opinion of them. Pussy boys being pussy boys are pessimists and thus form the opionion that these chicks are ice queens, have rich guy friends somewhere else or simple have no shot at them. Since they are wannabe playas they will still try their luck, however with negative energy.
So, you enter the set with low confidence, the belief that you WILL fail, and at the same time with the hope that you are wrong and the chicks would respond well. However, you would enter the set with negative body language portraying a loser as well as speaking with no personality; you essentially set yourself up for failure.
People have a
tendency to respond by adjusting their behavior to match ours. So, these chicks would in response hold defensive body language as well as verbally respond coldly.
Positive example
You see a couple of chicks at bar counter ordering drinks. You are
biologically designed to immediately form an opinion of them. Jedi pimps are optimists and thus form the opionion that
these chicks are fun, interesting, can carry themselves well and have a proper engaging conversation. With this kind of mindset, You already believe these chicks will eventually open up to you because of your outgoing and spontanous nature even if they are cold by nature.
So, you enter the set with assurance of yourself, and protray yourself as someone who knows how to have a great time. Coupled with a crisp sense of humour, you enter the set making them laugh.
With such a personality, even the nastiest of girls would mimic your energy and tone down their bitchiness. Bottom line, if you continue this attitude and play the cards right, you can number close and then its " Wham, Bam, Thank You Maam ! "
There you have it, the self-fulfilling prophecy.