The academic performance of certain students dramatically improved when teachers were led to believe that those students were intellectually gifted, regardless of the true ability levels of the students. This result shows the importance of ________

A) information overload
B) information processing and base rates
C) hard work without the expectation of after-school help
D) schemas and self-fulfilling prophecies
E) the in-group phenomenon

Answer: D

Psychology

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