Exam 16: Application Module 2 : Social Psychology and Educatio

In Rosenthal and Jacobson's (1968)"Pygmalion in the Classroom" study,students whose teachers were told that they were expected to show substantial IQ growth over the course of the year showed ________ during a brief time period.

In research conducted by Cohen and colleagues (2006),minority students were asked to write about their most important values at the beginning of middle school.What was the result of this intervention?

The belief that intelligence is something one is born with and cannot change is referred to as the

Candice,a minority student,completes a self-affirmation task where she writes about her most important values.How might this intervention help to improve her grades?

Kevin,a European-American,believes that his Korean classmate is performing better in school than he is because,as an Asian,his classmate is genetically smarter.According to what you have read in the textbook,what could you say that might convince Kevin that his conclusion is not accurate?

As the smartest kid in his class,Caleb believes that his intelligence is innate,permanent,and relatively unchangeable.His classmate Brian believes that with effort and many hours of studying,he can increase his intelligence.Which of the following statements about Caleb and Brian is accurate?

Imagine that you are developing an intervention to block stereotype threat among minority students by increasing incremental beliefs.Describe one possible intervention you could use,explain how you might implement it,and summarize findings from one study that provide support for the effectiveness of your approach.