One of the Most Striking Aspects of the "Pygmalion in the Classroom

question 18

Multiple Choice

One of the most striking aspects of the "Pygmalion in the Classroom" study by Rosenthal and Jacobson is that

• A) once teachers learned about it, they were able to modify their teaching to improve the performance of all of their students.
• B) most researchers attempting to replicate the study have found either much smaller effects or no effects at all.
• C) it emphasizes the fact that teachers are the primary influence determining whether a child will perform well in school.
• D) it indicates that the amount of studying a child does is less important than teacher expectations.

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Definitions:

Subduction Zone

A region of Earth's crust where two tectonic plates converge, and one plate is forced underneath the other into the mantle, often leading to volcanic activity and earthquakes.

Accretionary Prism

A wedge-shaped mass of sediment and rock scraped off the top of a downgoing tectonic plate and accreted onto the overriding plate at a convergent plate boundary.

Fold and Thrust Belt

A region in the earth's crust where the rocks have been deformed by horizontal compression, leading to the formation of folds and thrust faults.

Anticlines

Upwardly convex folds in rock layers, typically formed through compression within the Earth's crust.