Rosenthal and Jacobson's (1968) study, Pygmalion in the Classroom, found that
a. teacher expectancy was uncorrelated with student performance.
b. positive teacher expectations influenced student performance.
c. negative teacher expectations influenced student performance.
d. the self-fulfilling prophecy is common outside of educational settings.
b
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