The academic performance of certain students dramatically ...

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The academic performance of certain students dramatically improved when teachers were led to believe that those students were intellectually gifted, regardless of the true ability levels of the students. This result shows the importance of ________.
 
  A) information overload
  B) information processing and base rates
  C) hard work without the expectation of after-school help
  D) schemas and self-fulfilling prophecies
  E) the in-group phenomenon

Question 2

A self-fulfilling prophecy is ________.
 
  A) the process by which schemas sometimes influence the social world in ways to make the world consistent with the schema
  B) the result of over-reliance on mental heuristics and memories
  C) the widespread belief in the 1920s that banks were insolvent or bankrupt
  D) the end result of having two or more schemas active in our cognitive processes at the same time
  E) a prediction that is so circular in its reasoning that it only predicts itself

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: D

Answer to Question 2

Answer: A