Rosenthal and Jacobson's (1968) study, Pygmalion in the Classroom, found that
a. teacher expectancy was uncorrelated with student performance.
b. positive teacher expectations influenced student performance.
c. negative teacher expectations influenced student performance.
d. the self-fulfilling prophecy is common outside of educational settings.
b
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a. They will both use stereotypes throughout the day. b. They will both tend to use more stereotypes late in the day. c. Fred will tend to use more stereotypes late in the day. d. Ned will tend to use more stereotypes late in the day.
Even though it is easier to reach orgasm through masturbation, many heterosexual women report increased pleasure with vaginal intercourse over masturbation because: a. Orgasms through vaginal intercourse tend to be more intense
b. Intercourse provides more intimacy and closeness. c. Most women prefer to delay their orgasms as long as possible for heightened pleasure. d. All of these
A strong advantage of the longitudinal design is
a. that informed consent is unnecessary. b. its ability to discern differences among cohorts. c. that it follows the development of individuals. d. its immunity from selective attrition.
Research studies using image-scanning show that ____.?
a. ?images of visual stimuli are stored in two dimensions rather than three b. ?visual images in our minds have many of the spatial properties of the real stimulus c. ?we lack the ability to store in memory mimics of the actual visual images in our minds d. ?we scan visual images that are actually more distant faster in our minds