What is pygmalion about?

Answer 1

In mythology, Pygmalion was a sculptor who fell in love with one of his statues. In the play "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw (later the basis for "My Fair Lady"), Professor Henry Higgins makes a bet with another linguist that he can pass a flower seller (Eliza Doolittle) off as an upper class lady. He teaches her how to speak proper English, and act the part. He treats her as an object, a means to proving his skills as a linguist and teacher, and once she wins his bet for him she rebels and leaves, even though she is in love with him. After finding her at his mother's house, he learns that she intends to work for herself and possibly marry an upper class twit she met there previously. He leaves upset, and she comes back to him because she realizes that even though he doesn't show his emotions, he does care for her.

Answer 2

The Pygmalion effect, Rosenthal effect, or more commonly known as the "teacher-expectancy effect" refers to situations in which students perform better than other students simply because they are expected to do so. The Pygmalion effect requires a student to internalise the expectations of their superiors. It is a kind of self-fulfilling prophecy, and in this respect, students with poor expectations internalise their negative label, and those with positive labels succeed accordingly. Within sociology, the effect often cited with regards to education and social class. The effect is named after George Bernard Shaw's play Pygmalion, in which a professor makes a bet that he can teach a poor flower girl to speak and act like an upper-class lady, and is successful.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

Pygmalion was a sculptor who grew to love the statue that he carved.