In one study,elementary school teachers were told that aptitude tests indicated that certain students would "bloom" intellectually in the coming year,though in reality these students' names were chosen randomly.At the end of the year,the selected students indeed performed better on aptitude tests compared to other students.This phenomenon is called ________ and is likely driven by ________.

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This is an example of a self-fulfilling prophecy, where the teachers' belief that certain students would perform better led them to behave differently towards those students, which in turn improved their performance. It was not due to the students' actual ability or pluralistic ignorance.

In One Study,elementary School Teachers Were Told That Aptitude Tests