labelling and its affects

Question 1

Becker

Answer 1

Teachers judge and label pupils according to how closely they fitt the “ideal pupil”. This would therefore dampen the motivation of students who did not suit the ideal pupil, due to how teachers deferred their time away from them and were unwilling to help.

Question 2

self fulfilling prophey

Answer 2

When students are given a positive label, they react to it by creating a positive self-concept, which means they are motivated to work hard and improve their grades. This also works in reverse, with negative labels leading to negative self-concepts and less motivation.

Question 2

Rosenthal and Jacobson

Answer 2

Rosenthal and Jacobson studied this by informing teachers of students who scored highly on an IQ test and would be a quick learner. The catch was that these test results were fabricated. Teachers treated those who were falsely identified as ‘spurts’ differently. 47% of those who were identified to ‘spurt’ had made significant improvement due to how teachers paid more attention to them by giving them more feedback.

Question 3

Gillborn and Youdell

Answer 3

found that teachers labelled working-class students as unintelligent, resulting in them being placed in lower streams and sets.