PSYCH 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Psychological Reports

• School: U of M
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 111
• Professor: Marion Perlmutter

Document Summary

Original author(s): rosenthal, r. & jacobson, l. Original title: teachers" expectancies: determinates of pupils" iq gains . Original place of publication: psychological reports: questions addressed in original study: (list the 2 5 most important questions addressed in the original study) Could information about the students" level of intelligence cause teachers to treat. If so, would this unequal treatment be fair for the students: findings of original study: (list the 2 5 most important findings of the original study) Overall, the entire elementary school (grades 1-6), the students who were in the experimental group and the teachers believed to be smarter made greater improvements then students in the control group. The greatest differences in improvements were found in first and second grades. Study showed that the expectancy effect found in laboratory settings also functions in real-world situations: extensions of original study (list the 2 5 most important advances made by subsequent research in this area)