Ms. Honeywell is an elementary school teacher who maintains that in her thirty-five years of experience, boys just tend to do better at math than girls

Recently, she has read a number of studies that show that girls and boys actually have about the same level of math ability. Based on information about how teachers create and sustain self-fulfilling prophecies, what is Ms. Honeywell most likely to think about the study results?
a. "Well, I guess everyone is wrong once in a while—maybe boys and girls are the same."
b. "I don't buy it—three times as many boys as girls in my classes have excelled at math."
c. "Come to think of it, I think girls may actually be better than boys."
d. "Who cares, girls are better than boys at reading anyway—the differences even out."

Answer: B