expectancy effect

the effect of one person’s expectation about the behavior of another person on the actual behavior of that other person (interpersonal expectancy effect), or the effect of a person’s expectation about his or her own behavior on that person’s actual subsequent behavior (intrapersonal expectancy effect). See also experimenter expectancy effect.

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Psychology term of the day

October 10th 2024

theory theory

a model of cognitive development that combines neonativism and constructivism, proposing that cognitive development occurs as children generate, test, and change theories about the physical and social world.