Researcher David Jamieson and His Team (1987)experimented with Four Ontario

question 21

Multiple Choice

Researcher David Jamieson and his team (1987) experimented with four Ontario high school classes taught by a newly transferred teacher.During individual interviews,students in two of the classes were told that the other students as well as the research team rated the teacher very highly.Compared with the control classes,students who were given positive expectations paid better attention during class.This result demonstrates the phenomenon of

• A)the availability heuristic.
• B)an illusory correlation.
• C)a self-fulfilling prophecy.
• D)cognitive dissonance.

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