A teacher believes that one group of children is very bright and that a second is below average in ability. Actually, the groups are identical, but the first group progresses more rapidly than the second. This demonstrates

A teacher believes that one group of children is very bright and that a second is below average in ability. Actually, the groups are identical, but the first group progresses more rapidly than the second. This demonstrates

a. the self-fulfilling prophecy.
b. the placebo effect in a natural experiment.
c. observer bias in naturalistic observation.
d. the ethical problems of field experiments.

The first group progresses more only though the expectation of the teacher who prophesizes them to be very bright. This is the self-fulfilling prophecy.
The placebo effect is the when a person's belief makes them feel effects that aren't real.
The teacher is not using a naturalistic observation because she is in control of the groups.
The ethics of the groups remain unimportant.


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