David is sitting in the school office waiting to talk to the principal. Students passing the office assume that he must be
in trouble. The term that best describes the students' behavior is
a. self-imposed bias
b. teacher bias
c. contextual bias
d. self-fulfilling prophecy
ANSWER: c
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What will be an ideal response?
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a. words instantly recognized. b. only function words. c. only content words. d. low frequency words.
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