Teachers often form various types of expectations based on a students’ characteristics. Teacher expectations based on students’ socioeconomic status (SES) have an influence on students’ IQ scores. The rationale behind such influence is that _____.

a. teachers’ expectations about low-SES students lead to self-fulfilling prophecies
b. teachers’ low expectations about low-SES students influence the grading of the IQ test
c. teachers’ high expectations about high-SES students result in the depression of low SES students
d. teachers' stereotypes about student performance negatively affect students' performance in the test


a. teachers’ expectations about low-SES students lead to self-fulfilling prophecies

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