Pygmalion was a king from Cyprus. Disappointed because
he could not find a woman as he wanted, he has decided not to marry again. He also
decided to carve in ivory the feminine ideal. The statue that he has carved was so
beautiful, so perfect, that Pygmalion fallen in love with it and named
it Galatea.
Pygmalion starts to pray to Aphrodite, the
goddess of love, to bring him someone as wonderful as the statue. The prayers and the
passion with which Pygmalion fallen in love with Galatea impress the goddess,
who animates the statue.
Pygmalion myth
succeeds to illustrate the process of idealization of the object. Pygmalion myth
also illustrates the role of idealization in the psychic life of the
individual.
Pygmalion effect means someone's labeling. The
tagged person assimilates the label. Association reaction occurs when we learn new
things. We try to associate the new information with something already
known.
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