Believing that boys are better at math, a teacher spends more time calling on boys in a class to do complicated problems. As a result the boys in the class perform better on exams than girls. This is an example of a
a) self-fulfilling prophecy.
b) cultural construction.
c) sociological fallacy.
d) gendered norm.
ANS: a
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