Labelling and Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Question 1

Rosenthal and Jacobson

Answer 1

Randomly selected two groups of students- told teachers one was bright and expected to make progress
That group made more progress than those not labelled
Shows effects of teacher labelling, impact on educational attainment, illustrates SFP

Question 2

Hartley and Sutton

Answer 2

140 in Kent primaries, split into 2 groups, group 1 told boys perform worse, group 2 not
Tested- boys in group 1 performed worse, girls little variation
Suggests that negative gender stereotypes, including held by teachers, generate SFP
Fuelled by phrases e.g ‘school boy pranks’, ‘silly boys’