Mindset is one of the most cited
Core concepts:
Intelligence is fixed
Intelligence can be improved
FIXED
avoid challenges
give up easily
see effort as fruitless
ignore negative feedback useful
feel; threatened by other success
GROWTH
Embrace challenges
Effort is path to mastery
Persist in face off challenges
Learn from criticism
Find lessons and inspiration in others success
Some children like failure… they see it as learning… see as getting smarter
Power of Yet vs Tyranny of now
Fixed mindset – grades worse
Growth – steadily improved
Pre-Meds- cared more about learning – better grades
Health,Relationships affected, Wealth
Broke vs Poor difference.
Can mindsets be changed:
Brain can be trained by a muscle… neutrons formed new connections… whenever challenged
Learning about it and about neuro synapses improves performance
Significant improvement and disimprovement with study skills when fixed vs growth mindset trained
Adelescent aggression in high school…
6 weeks of Coping skills / Growth Mindset and Coping skills and Normal
Growth classes
Brian anatomy and can be changed
Personalities live in brain can be changed
Many motivations for actions and can be changed
Rejected from game and hot sauce revenge game. 40% less used it.
Prosocial notes
Teachers signed out better conduct and few suspensions 11-2%
Groups –
Israelis Fixed or Growth: Attitude to Palestinians and compromise
Palestinians citizens of Israel and of Gaza: Attitude to Israelis
When they believed people can change and groups can change:
There was a greater willingness to meet each other
Brain scans… fixed no sign of engaging with errors… growth lots of failure engagement
5 years later mother and babies
Praise effort and hard work not talent or ability
Praise process
You’re really smart (not as good) vs You worked really hard. I like the way you kept going (good)
Use YET or NOT YET improves performance
Telling people they are smart lowers scores
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