In the Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) Study Involving the IQ

question 53

Multiple Choice

In the Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) study involving the IQ scores of grade-school children,

• A) children who were genetically predisposed to achieve an intellectual spurt actually did increase their IQ scores at the end of the school year.
• B) children who came from an intellectually stimulating home environment had increased IQ scores at the end of the school year compared to their peers.
• C) teachers were told that certain randomly selected children were "intellectual bloomers" and those children did in fact experience an IQ increase at the end of the school year.
• D) All of the above.

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