Self-theories
Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development
The research behind the growth mindset: how beliefs about ability shape the response to failure.
Dweck’s academic account of the research that later reached a general readership as Mindset. She shows that people hold implicit theories about whether ability is fixed or can grow, that these theories shape how they respond to failure, and that they can be changed by praising effort rather than talent. Written for researchers, and the primary source for the growth mindset.
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Matthew Syed
But if, on the other hand, you believe that excellence hinges on effort you don’t take failure as an indictment but as an opportunity to grow. If it is true that excellence hinges on effort you will eventually excel. Dweck has lots of research to show that we can inculcate the growth mind set – the mind set that believes that excellence hinges on effort by praising effort rather than talent.
Interview · December 2010
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