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"If you are Looking for the BAD you will find it...
If you are looking for the GOOD you will find it"
For those who haven't read part 1 link to it here
Today Jon gives insights into the Pygmalion affect.
You may be familiar with the Pygmalion affect from books and movies like
My Fair Lady
Looking at My Fair Lady - you have an actor who is approached by another actor and together they show how someone can move between classes with support from someone who believes in their potential.
What is more interesting - the real world and an example of the Pygmalion Affect is explained succinctly by the case of Jane Elliott's Blue Eyes Brown Eyes.
In response to the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. over thirty years ago, Jane Elliott devised the controversial and startling, "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes" exercise. This, now famous, exercise labels participants as inferior or superior based solely upon the color of their eyes and exposes them to the experience of being a minority. Everyone who is exposed to Jane Elliott's work, be it through a lecture, workshop, or video, is dramatically affected by it.
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Essentially, class students arrived at school after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr to discover separation of classes - in the classroom.
Brown eyed students were told they were bad
Blue eyed students were told they were good - smart, intelligent, well mannered
and
deservered more time in the playground
Kids obviously picked up on this as shown in this video
The next day, they switched roles.
As shown in various video's - when people returned many years later - the responses were profound. Google Jane Elliott Blue Eyes Brown Eyes video.
This example of education is not likely to happen in todays society.
However, it provides an example of how quickly thinking and behaviour can change.
As a responsible leader - which perceptions about those who are guided by you do you work with?
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