Mindset & Personality About the Teenage Brain, with Evidence from Frontiers of Neuroscience

1. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1593, Italy) Mindset & Personality About the Teenage Brain, with Evidence from Frontiers of Neuroscience Courtesy of Dr. Carol Dweck and Dr. David Yeager, Stanford University

2. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1593, Italy) What is Personality? Courtesy of Dr. Carol Dweck and Dr. David Yeager, Stanford University

3. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1593, Italy) Does your personality change over time? Courtesy of Dr. Carol Dweck and Dr. David Yeager, Stanford University

4. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1593, Italy) Long-term studies show people can change personalities Almost everyonechanged at least a little. Some people changed completely! Not everyone has a drastic change; however it’s natural for people to change over four years.

5. Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1593, Italy) How do adolescents change? Think about how someone might change from being a high school freshman to a college freshman… or to a first year in a career.

6. Phineas Gage

7. Decision-making; Abstract thinking; Controlling emotions Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1593, Italy)

8. Brain neurons grew new Self Control Connections

9. Brain neurons grew new Self Control Connections

10. Brain neurons grew new Self Control Connections

11. With a growth mindset… — you know people can change. — you can bounce back and have more success after conflicts or setbacks.

12. Aggressive Students Who Victimize Others Can Change • Worldwide studies by Daniel Olweus • 2 Experiments: 5,200 students • Majority of aggressive students became • less mean; found positive ways to interact. • Learned new ways to confront problems; reduced conflicts in school.

13. Why do these experiments work?

14. Students learned a Growth Mindset… • People aren’t one, fixed “type” of person. • Even though changing can be hard and changing can take some time….. change is always possible, no matter who …..or how old you are!

15. “You can change, even if you are rejected or don’t have many friends. As you move out of high school, you’re going to expand your world and meet new people. Not only that… the people who leave you out or make fun of you will have matured more due to the new responsibilities, challenges and people.” - Taneisha, 11th Grader

16. “Just because it happens in high school doesn’t mean it will happen throughout life. High school isn’t your destiny. As people expand their world, they will at some point be able to find someone to connect and bond with.” - Alberto, 12th Grader

17. Ball Activity

18. Scenario #1: What would you say to convince someone that this fixed mindset statement is not true? “People who are rejected or left out in high school will be left out or rejected throughout life.” • Write on your own….

19. Scenario #2: What would you say to convince someone that this fixed mindset statement is not true? “Some people are just ‘bad.’ People who reject others, or hurt others, or make fun of others in high school, are bad people. They will always be that way.” — Write on your own…

20. Time to Think What is a social conflict or setback that you or another student experienced in school? (big or small)

21. Small Group Work • Read the scenarios aloud in your group. • Discuss the situation and questions that came up for you.

22. Youtube Video Let’s watch a video showing music celebrities in a stressful situation.  Pay attention to each person's reaction and the emotions they must be feeling. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-CKMr5wTZE

23. Popcorn— Think of a time when you felt left out, rejected, or upset… What happened? How were you feeling? How did you deal with the conflict?

24. How might a Growth Mindset help you have success after setbacks?

25. In the words of a high school student… “An accident or life event can change the way you think. It starts the process of changing yourself for the better. You start to reflect on how you did things in the past and how people were affected. Then you start to change step bystep until you have a whole new habit.” - Karen, 11th Grader