From the findings of Robert Rosenthal and Lenore Jacobson's research, we can conclude that
a. teachers interact with students who are expected to perform well in ways that put added stress on the student.
b. students who are expected to perform well receive less attention from their teachers.
c. students who are expected to perform well tend to live up to their teachers' expectations.
d. students who are expected to perform well tend to develop a heightened sense of themselves as failures.
Ans: c. students who are expected to perform well tend to live up to their teachers' expectations.
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