What does the frustration– aggression hypothesis really tell us about prejudice? What is the background to the study of the authoritarian personality? Is it possible for a teacher’s expectations of a...

What does the frustration– aggression hypothesis really tell us about prejudice?

What is the background to the study of the authoritarian personality?

Is it possible for a teacher’s expectations of a pupil’s educational capacity – for better or for worse – to influence the intellectual development of that pupil? Robert rosenthal discusses research dealing with the ‘Pygmalion effect’, or the self- fulfilling prophecy, in chapter 10 of myPsychLab at www. mypsychlab. com (watch Self- fulfilling. flv).