What's the Pygmalion Effect?

Strange but true, actor Tippi Hedron kickstsarted the Vietnamese manicure industry in the United States in the 1970s. This is that story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

If you don’t believe in any kind of god or afterlife - or even that there’s a meaning to life – does that mean you’re doomed to a life of gloom and doom? Heck no!, say humanists. Their philosophical movement says you can make your own meaningful life.See omnystudio.com/listener f ...  Show more

How does our history and environment shape our personality? And is this stable? A/Prof. Doris McIlwains publications are now available for free from https://www.johnsutton.net/doris-mcilwains-writings/ Thanks for Prof. John Sutton. Check it out!Contact Email: philosophyofpsychoan ...  Show more

On The Dream, host Jane Marie gets to know the life coaches and gurus who claim they know the secret to living our best lives. Is it all in our mindset? Or our privilege? Or are we all under a spell? Tim Harford is joined by Jane Marie to talk about who coaching works least well ...  Show more

In this episode I talk about how teachers expectations of their students will dictate their students results. If that is the case then how else can expectations dictate results in our lives? I dive into that topic much more in depth.

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Aussi appelé l'effet de surconfiance, l'effet Dunning-Kruger est un biais cognitif proche de l'ultracrépidarianisme... Quésaco ? 🤔 C'est le sujet de cet épisode de Culture G, bonne écoute (et abonnez-vous) !

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