In other words, by being introduced as a great conversationalist, the person rises to the occasion and IS a great conversationalist.
One of the most highly “cited and discussed” studies in psychology is one done by Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson. The researchers conducted a study that looked at how a teacher’s expectations influenced their students’ performance.
In the study, teachers were told that one-fifth of their children scored high on an IQ test and were labeled “gifted”. Of course, the children were randomly selected and not necessarily “gifted” at all, but as a result of the label they ended up increasing in IQ points.
In brief,