Experimenter Expectancy Effect On Children In A Classroom Setting
Rosenthal and Jacobson (1966) sought to test the experimenter expectancy
effect by examining how much of an outcome teachers' expectancies could have on
a group of children. Earlier investigations in this area were also conducted by
Rosenthal (1963). He worked with children in a research lab, giving each one a
rat and telling them it was either bred for intelligence or for dullness. The
children were put in charge of teaching the rats how to learn mazes.
Rosenthal's results showed that the rats that were believed by the students to
be smart, were able to learn the mazes ....
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