The title is self explanatory. Growth mindsets are people with mindsets that believe that intelligence can be learned through education and studying and perserverance. The fixed mindset believes that their intelligence is fixed, meaning they cant increase it.
Students were divided into two groups. The growth mindset group was taught that the brain is a muscle that can get stronger and new connections can be made with effort. The second group was taught study skills. The second group or fixed mindset did not improve much and there was not alot of urgency to learn. The first group, who was taught how to apply the growth mindset to schoolwork, showed significant improvement. The Professor that did this experiment also discussed how the growth mindset can be applied to other areas such as business tactics and race driving! I would love to have this mindset taught to me so I can take full advantage of my brain before I become too old.
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