PSYCH 414 Lecture Notes - Thought Suppression, Racial Profiling, Social Cognition
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All children given harvard test of inflected acquisition at beginning of the year. Teachers told that 20% of their students were bloomers (randomly chosen) The bloomers did better at the end of the year. Teachers created a warmer climate for the bloomers and treated them more warmly. Teachers gave bloomers more opportunities to respond and shaped their answers. Once ppl think you"re going to succeed, you are more likely to succeed. Once ppl think you"re going to fail, you are more likely to fail. Do not allow yourself to be pigeon-holed . Set high but not unreasonable, public expectations of your performance. Boys surpass girls on many standardized tests, including the sat. Males score higher than females on the gre test. Mention boys more often than girls as their most gifted students. On average, report that their sons are more gifted than their daughters. Boys believe they have higher academic ability than girls. Judgements and decision making in everyday life.
