Self - fufilling prophecy

Question 1

Describe the self fulfilling prophecy

Answer 1

Teacher labels pupil and makes expectations, communicates them to the pupil, receives this, develops a change in self concept which leads to change in behaviour, chance occurs

Question 2

Describe the oak community school study

Answer 2

California primary school
Rosenthal and Jacobson
Told them they had a new test designed to identiy pupils who would spurt ahead but it was an IQ test
Picked 20% at random and said falsely that these were the spurters, returned a year later and 47% of these had made significiant change
What people believe to be true will have real effect