Dweck

Question 1

Fixed Mindset:

Answer 1

the belief that abilities are fixed and are unchangeable

Question 2

Growth Mindset:

Answer 2

belief that there’s potential for improvement through practice and effort

Question 3

dweck

Answer 3

Teachers play a pivotal role in shaping a child’s mindset
This can affect a child’s performance in several ways, such as refusal to take on challenges, low self-esteem and ability to improve.

Question 4

Strengths

Answer 4

Practical Application: Presence in educational settings, implementing more growth mindset praise

Strong evidence to support their theory such as Yeager & Dweck (2012): Mindsets that promote resilience (states that students require a mindset that allows them to face challenges and overcome failure); Gunderson et al. (2013) shows the impact of praise on effort on mindset

Positive Psychology (helps society as a whole)

Question 5

Weaknesses

Answer 5

Evidence: Some studies show that the theory may be inaccurate, such as Bouchard & McGue (1981), who show that 111 studies showed a correlation between genetics and intelligence.

Ecological Validity: most of the studies that we’ve done were mostly in artificial settings, which makes it difficult to apply in real-life settings

Shift in focus: the child may be the focus when problems arise with their progress in place of the teacher’s quality of teaching.