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in the rosethal study of academic bloomers the childreeen who improved their performance over the year did so because of their teachers
false consesnsus bias
self fulfilling phrocesy
base ratee fallacy
confirmation bias
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Correct answer: self-fulfilling prophecy.
Explanation: In Rosenthal & Jacobson's "Pygmalion in the Classroom" study, teachers' expectations about which students would "bloom" changed how they treated those students (more attention, encouragement, different feedback), which caused the students to perform better—classic self-fulfilling prophecy.
Why not the others:
- False consensus bias: overestimating how much others share your beliefs—not what the study demonstrated.
- Base-rate fallacy: ignoring prior probabilities—not relevant here.
- Confirmation bias: seeking or interpreting evidence to confirm beliefs—related but the key mechanism shown was that expectations changed behavior and produced the outcome (self-fulfilling prophecy).
Explanation: In Rosenthal & Jacobson's "Pygmalion in the Classroom" study, teachers' expectations about which students would "bloom" changed how they treated those students (more attention, encouragement, different feedback), which caused the students to perform better—classic self-fulfilling prophecy.
Why not the others:
- False consensus bias: overestimating how much others share your beliefs—not what the study demonstrated.
- Base-rate fallacy: ignoring prior probabilities—not relevant here.
- Confirmation bias: seeking or interpreting evidence to confirm beliefs—related but the key mechanism shown was that expectations changed behavior and produced the outcome (self-fulfilling prophecy).
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