TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-Fulfilling Prophecies in Ability Settings
AU - Weaver, Jason
AU - Moses, Jennifer Filson
AU - Snyder, Mark
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2016/3/3
Y1 - 2016/3/3
N2 - Previous research has demonstrated that one persons expectations can influence the behavior of another person, thereby creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. This study examined the effects of ability-based expectations in an experiment in which some participants ("coaches") were assigned false expectations of the basketball free-throw shooting ability of other participants ("players"). Coaches allocated more opportunities to players for whom the false expectation was positive, and fewer shots to players for whom the false expectation was negative. In turn, players who were allocated more shots made a higher percentage of them, thereby confirming their coaches expectations about their shooting ability, and were more confident in their shooting ability following the task, than players who were allocated fewer shots.
AB - Previous research has demonstrated that one persons expectations can influence the behavior of another person, thereby creating a self-fulfilling prophecy. This study examined the effects of ability-based expectations in an experiment in which some participants ("coaches") were assigned false expectations of the basketball free-throw shooting ability of other participants ("players"). Coaches allocated more opportunities to players for whom the false expectation was positive, and fewer shots to players for whom the false expectation was negative. In turn, players who were allocated more shots made a higher percentage of them, thereby confirming their coaches expectations about their shooting ability, and were more confident in their shooting ability following the task, than players who were allocated fewer shots.
KW - Pygmalion effect
KW - expectations
KW - self-fulfilling prophecy
KW - sports
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U2 - 10.1080/00224545.2015.1076761
DO - 10.1080/00224545.2015.1076761
M3 - Article
C2 - 26214717
AN - SCOPUS:84959114594
SN - 0022-4545
VL - 156
SP - 179
EP - 189
JO - Journal of Social Psychology
JF - Journal of Social Psychology
IS - 2
ER -