Misty did an experiment in which half of her subjects were told that they had extrasensory perception and half were not.In reality,there was no difference.Interestingly,at the end of the three-month experiment,those subjects who were told that they had extrasensory perception actually outscored the control group on the ability to accurately describe video scenes with the sound turned off.This example reflects
A)the Hawthorne effect.
B)demoralization.
C)the Pygmalion effect.
D)selection biases.
E)the psychological effect

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The scenario described is an example of the Pygmalion effect, which is also known as the self-fulfilling prophecy. This effect occurs when expectations of a person or group can influence their behavior and ultimately lead to the expected outcome. In this case, the subjects who were told they had extrasensory perception had higher expectations placed upon them, which led to them performing better on the video scene description test.

Misty Did an Experiment in Which Half of Her Subjects