Rosenthal's "bloomers" study demonstrated that
A)higher teacher expectations of students led to higher academic performance.
B)students who believed they were smart outperformed those who did not believe that they were smart.
C)students who believed they were less intelligent performed worse than students believing that they were more intelligent.
D)students with high achievement motivation tended to outperform students with low achievement motivation.

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Rosenthal's "bloomers" study demonstrated that higher teacher expectations of students led to higher academic performance. The study showed that when teachers were led to believe that certain students were "bloomers" who would experience a rapid increase in intellectual growth, those students had actually experienced a greater increase in IQ than the control group. This demonstrated that teacher expectations can have a significant impact on student performance.

Rosenthal's "Bloomers" Study Demonstrated That