The historical Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) study, “Pygmalion in the Classroom” reported
a. children who were stereotyped as exceptionally bright were treated in a morepositive manner.
b. more overall warmth towards low-expectancy students.
c. more praise for low-expectancy students to encourage more effort.
d. low-expectancy students brought down the overall test scores of the class.
Answer: a.
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