TEACHERS' EXPECTATIONS Flashcards
Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968) Study of Oak Community school
a. Aimed to show the self-fulfilling prophecy at work
b. They told the school that they had a new test specifically designed to identify those pupils who would spurt ahead
c. This statement was untrue as the test was a standard IQ test
d. 20% of the pupils were randomly selected and then were identified as ‘spurters’
e. On returning to the school, they found that 47% of those identified as ‘spurters’ had made significant process.
In what ways did the teachers improve their interactions with these ‘spurters’?
a. Through body language
b. Amount of attention
c. Amount of encouragement they gave them
What principle does this study illustrate?
An important interactionist principle: What people believe to be true will have real effects
