Rosenthal's "bloomers" study demonstrated that
A) higher teacher expectations of students led to higher academic performance.
B) students who believed they were smart outperformed those who did not believe that they were smart.
C) students who believed they were less intelligent performed worse than students believing that they were more intelligent.
D) students with high achievement motivation tended to outperform students with low achievement motivation.
Answer: A
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