A government sees a particular societal group as being innately unintelligent,and so it devotes very little effort or money to educating people within that group.As a result,members of the group tend to perform more poorly on standardized intelligence tests.What phenomenon does this example illustrate?

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This example illustrates the phenomenon of a self-fulfilling prophecy. The government's belief that members of a particular group are unintelligent leads to minimal investment in their education, which in turn leads to poor performance on intelligence tests. This cycle perpetuates the original belief, creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

A Government Sees a Particular Societal Group as Being Innately