Imagine that you were a student in one of the classrooms in the self-fulfilling prophecy study by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968).If you're like most students, you would ________ to be labeled a bloomer, because your teacher would ________.

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In the Rosenthal and Jacobson study, students who were labeled as "bloomers" were expected to have academic success and were given more attention and encouragement from their teachers. Therefore, most students in the classroom would want to be labeled as a bloomer in order to receive the benefits of increased teacher attention and support.

Imagine That You Were a Student in One of the Classrooms