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Peer groups help identity formation by letting adolescents:Read the answer and worked solution →Expecting good performance from pupils tends to raise it. This is the:Read the answer and worked solution →Rosenthal and Jacobson's classroom study was criticised for:Read the answer and worked solution →In Rosenthal and Jacobson's study, the pupils called 'bloomers' were chosen:Read the answer and worked solution →In elementary school, a teacher's realistic goals help Erikson's crisis of:Read the answer and worked solution →To ease role confusion, teachers can offer students:Read the answer and worked solution →Too much teacher emphasis on perfection can foster in students:Read the answer and worked solution →A student who mistrusts school doubts that teachers:Read the answer and worked solution →In Erikson's terms, teachers support students' autonomy by making possible real:Read the answer and worked solution →What is the process of learning one's gender role called?Read the answer and worked solution →A social norm seen as proper for people of a gender is called a what?Read the answer and worked solution →What does the term gender identity refer to?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do sociologists prefer 'gender role' to 'sex role'?Read the answer and worked solution →Traditionally, gender roles kept women mainly in which sphere?Read the answer and worked solution →By about what age do most children sort themselves by gender?Read the answer and worked solution →Judith Butler says gender is something people do by what?Read the answer and worked solution →Sandra Bem's theory of children absorbing stereotypes by observing is?Read the answer and worked solution →A teacher's unspoken gender beliefs that favour boys are called what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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Peer groups help identity formation by letting adolescents:

  1. experiment with roles
  2. settle a fixed career
  3. follow family rules only
  4. seek adult approval
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Correct answer: A. experiment with roles

1. Identity formation is acquiring a sense of self. 2. Peers provide a staging ground for practising social behaviours. 3. This allows individuals to experiment with roles and discover their identities. _Source: Wikipedia, "Peer group" (rev 1378619310), section "Identity formation"_

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Expecting good performance from pupils tends to raise it. This is the:

  1. Halo effect
  2. Pygmalion effect
  3. Hawthorne effect
  4. Zeigarnik effect
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Correct answer: B. Pygmalion effect

1. The Pygmalion effect is the idea that high expectations lead to improved performance. 2. In schools, a teacher's expectations of students are said to affect their performance. 3. The halo, Hawthorne and Zeigarnik effects describe other phenomena. _Source: Wikipedia, "Pygmalion effect" (rev 1374861291), section "Lead section"_

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Rosenthal and Jacobson's classroom study was criticised for:

  1. using no control group
  2. testing only older boys
  3. weak method, no replication
  4. dropping the IQ scores
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Correct answer: C. weak method, no replication

1. The study told teachers some pupils would 'bloom' and found IQ gains. 2. It was criticised for weak methodology and lack of replicability. 3. It used a disguised IQ test and the teachers' expectations were central. _Source: Wikipedia, "Pygmalion effect" (rev 1374861291), section "Rosenthal–Jacobson study"_

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