Carol Dweck is an Stanford psychologist who developed the concept of fixed mindset and growth mindset:
A fixed mindset refers to the mindset where a person believes that their abilities and intelligence are fixed traits and already set and therefore cannot be improved. When this people make mistakes, they tend to believe they cannot do much about it.
A growth mindset refers to the mindset where <u>a person believes that their abilities and intelligence are not set but that rather can be improved by effort and persistence.</u> In other words, it's like a muscle that can be trained and it gets stronger the more it is used. When this people make mistakes they learn from them and keep going trying to work hard to achieve their goals.
In this example we have two athletes that became great through effort and hard work and they believe they can continue to grow through effort. In other words, <u>they believe that their abilities can be improved by effort and persistence</u>. Thus, this exemplifies the growth mindset.
An American psychologist called Carol Dweck coined the terms: Fixed mindset and Growth mindset in terms of the learning capacity and intelligence of an individual.
Fixed mindset: This deals with individuals having beliefs about having traits which can never be changed.
Growth mindset: This deals with individuals having beliefs that traits could change or improve if proper work is done on it. This is made possible through lots of hard work, belief, consistency and dedication.
Athletes like Derek Jeter and Mia Hamm feel that they aren't great athletes, but that they became great through effort and hard work which exemplifies a growth mindset.
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