If a person is labeled with a specific label, he may unconsciously manage his behavior and finally make his behavior consistent with the label. It can be said that the change of this person is the subtle effect of the label, so it is also called the label effect. What is the labeling effect
American psychologist Becker believes that as long as a person doesn't stick a specific label, he will eventually become a person with the same label. During the Second World War, American psychologists specially found a group of relatively loose soldiers and asked them to write to their families every month, saying how brave they were, often meritorious and so on. As a result, half a year later, all the soldiers became people on their envelopes, and earth shaking changes took place. This is the so-called label effect.
Why label effect
Some people wonder why labels have such a great impact on people. This is mainly because specific labels play a guiding role. Whether good labels or bad labels have a strong impact on people's personal consciousness. If you label a person, it is mainly to enable him to develop in the aspect of label.
Examples of label effect in life
If a person is labeled with a special label, he may eventually manage himself and bring his behavior closer to the label, and finally be consistent with the label.
In life, teachers should also pay attention to language when educating their children. They can't casually say that the child is stupid. If they often say that the child is stupid, he may think that he really can't, and finally doubt his ability and lose confidence. When an employee is considered by his boss to be unable in some aspect, he will also doubt himself, think that he is deficient in some aspect, and finally lose his basic self-confidence.
How to actively use the label effect
In life, many people will feel failure and frustration. Their confidence may gradually decrease with failure and eventually become negative, but this situation can be changed.
You can give yourself some psychological hints, motivate yourself at different stages, cheer yourself up and make yourself better. When making a specific plan, you should start to implement it. Cheer yourself up every day. You can encourage yourself with some body movements.
In addition to today's labeling effect, the sour grape and sweet lemon effects are all self suggestive. Of course, the details are different. Better understanding and using these effects can make you better.