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ap345 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Recall that Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) told teachers that some of their students were bloomers. Consequently, those students actually performed better than students who were not labeled as bloomers. This finding suggests that

a. the bloomers really were better students than their peers.
b. the teachers were motivated to prove that the researchers were right.
c. the teachers were motivated to reward bloomers and punish the others.
d. teachers' expectations were powerful in influencing the bloomers' behaviors.

Question 2

Imagine that you were a student in one of the classrooms in the self-fulfilling prophecy study by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968). If you're like most students, you would ________ to be labeled a bloomer, because your teacher would ________.

a. want; pay more attention to you and encourage you more
b. not want; place unreasonable demands on you
c. not want; make you work alone
d. want; give you more time at recess