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- Boys showed expectancy advantage with regards to verbal IQ, but girls showed more advantage in reasoning IQ. Both of these groups, pretest, were already stronger than each other in these areas
- For reasoning IQ, boys in higher grades benefited more, while girls in lower grades benefited more 
- For reasoning IQ, girls performed better in lower grades and boys performed better in higher grades
- Overall, girls had a greater expectancy advantage regarding reasoning IQ, and boys gained more in verbal IQ
- For total IQ, the girls in the lower grades showed more expectancy advantage compared to the boys. 


Pygmalion in The Classroom- Results Based on Sex

Rosenthal, R. (1968). Pygmalion In The Classroom. In 1113654620 841521618 L. Jacobson (Ed.), The Urban Review.


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