In the example of schoolchildren taken from the book Pygmalion in the Classroom,
a. the less intelligent children performed better than expected.
b. the more intelligent children performed better than expected.
c. the children teachers predicted would do better, did so.
d. all the children performed the same because they had similar self-concepts.
e. teachers improved their self-concepts by working with good children.
Answer: c
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