The Pygmalion Effect
In the 1960s a Harvard professor, Robert Rosenthal, wanted to know if teacher expectations influence student performance. Expecting “positive expectat
Prof. Brainy
Prof. Brainy
Prof. Brainy: My 7 most popular, most hated columns of 2020
The following are my most popular or disliked articles of 2020. #1: Niger is not a civil service state Let me start with the last one. In this column,
Niger is not a civil service state
(What is my opinion about the recent salary controversy in my state? Read to the end.) I just read an intervention by a very prolific elder in the sta
Arewa is changing
A man hadn’t heard of a relative for a long time. So he sent some money to that relative as a signal that he was thinking of him. Like a switch, this
Arewa is changing
A man hadn’t heard of a relative for a long time. So he sent some money to that relative as a signal that he was thinking of him. Like a switch, this