It is reasonable to expect that in real classrooms there are several gender differences in terms of academic performance, because girls and boys are unwittingly treated differently by teachers and parents.What phenomenon best explains how this treatment could influence academic performance? Self-fulfilling prophecies are a(n)

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Self-fulfilling prophecies are automatic processes, meaning that they happen unintentionally and unconsciously. This means that teachers and parents may unknowingly treat girls differently than boys, which can create a self-fulfilling prophecy where girls perform worse academically because they are not given the same opportunities and expectations as boys.

It Is Reasonable to Expect That in Real Classrooms There