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The news often points out girls' relatively poor academic performance on standardized tests compared to boys' performance on those tests. Based on the research presented in this chapter, these gender differences may be due in part to
 
  a. the gender bias that pervades standardized tests.
  b. biological differences in the ways males and females process information.
  c. girls' and young women's fear of success schemas.
  d. the power of teachers' self-fulfilling prophecies.

Question 2

What is the take-home message from the research on the self-fulfilling prophecy?
 
  a. Self-fulfilling prophecies are a result of our desire to preserve our self-esteem.
  b. Schema-confirming behaviors are conscious and deliberate.
  c. Self-fulfilling prophecies are the result of unconscious, unintentional processes.
  d. Because their job is assessment of performance, educators are especially susceptible to the self-fulfilling prophecy.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: C




jc611

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Wow, this really help


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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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