According to the authors of your text, in the experiment on self-fulfilling prophecies by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968), teachers were told that children labeled as "bloomers" were ________, when in fact they were merely chosen at random.

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Teachers were told that children labeled as "bloomers" were ready to perform well, even though they were chosen at random. This created a self-fulfilling prophecy where these students actually did perform better than their peers because of the increased attention and encouragement they received from their teachers.

According to the Authors of Your Text, in the Experiment