A College Instructor's Schedule Has Her Teaching an Honors Section

question 276

Multiple Choice

A college instructor's schedule has her teaching an honors section of psychology. Halfway through the semester, she is told that her class was NOT an honors section after all. She responds, "This is the best class I have ever taught and the grades prove it." What concept might a social psychologist use to explain the high grades this class obtained and the teacher's high opinion of the class?

• A) subject bias
• B) self-fulfilling prophecy
• C) covert sensitization
• D) collectivism

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