Self-fulfilling Prophecy

Question 1

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 1

Step 1- teacher labels pupil
Step2- teacher treats pupil accordingly
Step3- pupil internalises the teachers expectation

Question 2

Teachers expectations

Answer 2

Leonard Jacobson(1968)- told the school they had a new test specifically designed to identify those pupils who would ‘spurt’ ahead
They picked put random pupils and identified them as spurters
A year later, almost half of those identifies spurters had made significant progress