LECTURE 11

Question 1

Fixed mindset

Answer 1

Entitiy beliefs when one believes that triats like intelligence, talent or personality are fixed traits.

Question 2

Growth mindset

Answer 2

Incremental beliefs, when one believes traits like intelligence, talent, or personality can gradually increase over time.

Question 3

Mindset

Answer 3

implicit beliefs about the malleability of personal abilities ( e.g, intelligence, math etc.)

Question 4

What are characterstics of fixed mindset

Answer 4

1-Result important ( proving yourself)
2-Negative feedback = confirmation that something is not within your ability
3- You lose motivation with chllanges and setbacks
4- “I simply cannot do it”

Question 5

What are characteristics of growth mindset?

Answer 5

1-Learning = more important than the results ( imprıving yourself)
2- Negative feedback = something to learn from
3-you choose challanges and don’t lose motivation easily
4- I can’t do it yet.

Question 6

what is the evidence for growth mindset

Answer 6

1- Brain’s plasticity

Question 7

Brain plasticity

Answer 7

• By learning and practicing, some connections will be used more than others.
• Connections between communicating neurons grow and get stronger
• Connections that aren’t used get weaker: use it or lose it.

Question 8

Plasticity intervention: 4 lessons+control

Answer 8

1. Brain plasticity: this is how you learn
2. Mindset: this is what happens when you think froom either mindset
3. Neurofeedback: this is your own influence on your brain
4. Take home messages: this is how you can use these lessons at home

Question 9

What is the impact of feedback at home and at school

Answer 9

1. Praising effort, what a child does, the learning process – the child learns a growth mindset
2. Praising of talent/ what a child is - strengthens the child’s fixed mindset.