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Rosenthal and Jacobson (1966) Presentation

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Rosenthal and Jacobson hypothesised that based on prior information regarding students, teachers may...

a)

Subconsciously or consciously behave in ways that subtly encourage the performance of students held to lower expectations.

b)

žSubconsciously or consciously behave in ways that subtly encourage the performance of students held to higher expectations.

c)

not change in behaviour at all.

d)

žSubconsciously or consciously behave in ways that subtly discourage the performance of students held to higher expectations.

2.

The pygmalion effect is a type of...?

a)

Reinforcement

b)

Classical Conditioning

c)

Operant Conditioning

d)

Self-fulfilling prophecy

3.

Which of these statements are TRUE. Results showed...?

a)

First and second grade students were most affected by the pygmalion effect.

b)

Fifth and Sixth grade students were not influenced by the Pygmalion effect.

c)

All student year levels displayed the pygmalion effect to some extent.

d)

All of the above.

4.

The self-fulfilling prophecy in scientific research first came about as a result of...?

a)

Lab rats trained to solve math equations.

b)

Little Albert.

c)

A horse named "Clever Hans".

d)

Pavlov's Dogs.

5.

Younger students may be more influenced by self-fulfilling prophecies due to...

a)

being more impressionable

b)

being more transformable

c)

teachers having less established opinions of them

d)

all of the above

6.

Was ethical deception used in Rosenthal and Jacobson's (1966) study?

a)

True

b)

False

7.

Who was the control group in Rosenthal and Jacobson's (1966) study?

a)

The teachers

b)

All of the students

c)

The names of the students who were given to teachers

d)

The names of the students who weren't given to the teacher

8.

The first experiment that explored the self-fulfilling prophecy in psychology was conducted in what year?

a)

1911

b)

1901

c)

1912

d)

1921

9.

Rubovits and Maehr (1973) studied the Pygmalion effect in terms of...

a)

IQ

b)

Gender

c)

Age

d)

Race

10.

Which of the following is not a key finding of Rosenthal and Jacobson's (1966) study?

a)

The expectancy effect can occur in real life situations.

b)

students in higher grades were impacted.

c)

students in lower grades were impacted.

d)

Students in higher grades were not impacted.

11.

Which year level of students had no change in terms of IQ score for the original study?

a)

Year 1

b)

Year 3

c)

Year 5

d)

Year 6

12.

What is the correct order in showing how the pygmalion effect occurs?

a)

Expectations, beliefs, behaviour, results.

b)

Beliefs, behaviour, expectations, results.

c)

Behaviour, results, expectations, beliefs.

d)

Beliefs, expectations, behaviour, results.