Because Jesse's Teacher Believes That He Is Intelligent, She Challenges

question 93

Multiple Choice

Because Jesse's teacher believes that he is intelligent, she challenges him with extra assignments and generally encourages his curiosity. At the end of the school year, Jesse performs better on the school's achievement test than any other student. Jesse's enhanced performance is likely due to the

• A) recency effect.
• B) expectancy effect.
• C) self-serving bias.
• D) judgment bias.

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