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MINDSET Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset. Carol S. Dweck Ph.D., Stanford University Social & Developmental Psychologist. Text & Background:.
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MINDSETFixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset Carol S. Dweck Ph.D., Stanford University Social & Developmental Psychologist
Text & Background: Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success Random House, New York, NY. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.msu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/621347768?accountid=12598 Founded in her previous research on: • Social Cognitive Approaches on Motivation & Personality • Theories on Personality • Role of Praise: Person vs. Process • Beliefs on Intelligence • Persistence & Potential Scholarly Journal Articles Available on her Website: https://www.stanford.edu/dept/psychology/cgi-bin/drupalm/cdweck
Mindset: • Fixed Mindset: You have a certain level of intelligence or talent and that is all you have to work with… “I’m not a math person.” • Growth Mindset: Through effort and training you can develop your ability, intelligence, talent, etc… ”Math is difficult so I have to work harder.” Images lifted from: http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/julia/level-a/solving-math-word-problems/ http://www.hslda.org/cms/?q=blog/math-help
Which one are YOU? • You have a certain amount of intelligence, and you can’t really do much to change it. • Strongly Agree • Agree • Mostly Agree • Mostly Disagree • Disagree • Strongly Disagree • http://mindsetonline.com
Relevancy to Practicum: • Brief Social-Psychological Intervention (targets thoughts, feelings, and beliefs) with two (one control ) randomly selected groups of Native American (Online & F2F) Undergraduate Students at a Tribal College • Growth Mindset intervention customized for Native American population using web-based delivery method. Yeager, D. S., & Walton, G. M. (2011). Social-psychological interventions in education: They're not magic. Review of Educational Research, 81(2), 267-301. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.msu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/870288675?accountid=12598 Similar to work conducted by Stephanie Fryberg Ph.D. • http://www.ais.arizona.edu/people/stephanie-fryberg