self-fulfilling prophecy
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- Created on: 22-01-23 21:44
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- self fulfilling prophecy
- can produce under-achievement or good achievement
- prediction that comes true simply by virtue of it having been made
- teachers expectations
- Rosenthal and Jacobson
- suggest that teachers beliefs about the pupils had been influenced by the supposed test results
- teachers then conveyed these beliefs to the pupils through the way they interacted with them
- this demonstrates the self-fulfilling prophecy: simply by accepting the prediction that some children would spurt ahead the teachers brought abound
- Rosenthal and Jacobson
- step one
- teacher labels pupil
- on basis of label teacher makes prediction about them
- step two
- teacher treats pupil accordingly acting as if the prediction is already true
- step 3
- pupil internalised the teachers expectation which becomes part of their self-image so they become the pupil teacher believed them to be
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