MINDSET

Fixed Mindset vs.

Growth Mindset

Carol S. Dweck Ph.D., Stanford UniversitySocial & Developmental Psychologist

Text & Background: Dweck, C. S. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success Random

House, New York, NY. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.msu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/621347768?accountid=12598

Founded in her previous research on:• Social Cognitive Approaches on Motivation & Personality• Theories on Personality• Role of Praise: Person vs. Process• Beliefs on Intelligence• Persistence & Potential

Scholarly Journal Articles Available on her Website: https://www.stanford.edu/dept/psychology/cgi-bin/drupalm/cdweck

Mindset:• Fixed Mindset: You have a certain level of intelligence or talent and that is all you have to work with…

“I’m not a math person.”

• Growth Mindset: Through effort and training you can develop your ability, intelligence, talent, etc…

”Math is difficult so I have to work harder.” Images lifted from:

http://tx.english-ch.com/teacher/julia/level-a/solving-math-word-problems/http://www.hslda.org/cms/?q=blog/math-help

Which one are YOU?

1. You have a certain amount of intelligence, and you can’t really do much to change it.

• Strongly Agree• Agree• Mostly Agree• Mostly Disagree• Disagree• Strongly Disagree

http://mindsetonline.com

Relevancy to Practicum:• Brief Social-Psychological Intervention (targets

thoughts, feelings, and beliefs) with two (one control ) randomly selected groups of Native American (Online & F2F) Undergraduate Students at a Tribal College

• Growth Mindset intervention customized for Native American population using web-based delivery method.

Yeager, D. S., & Walton, G. M. (2011). Social-psychological interventions in education: They're not magic. Review of Educational Research, 81(2), 267-301. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.msu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/870288675?accountid=12598

Similar to work conducted by Stephanie Fryberg Ph.D.• http://www.ais.arizona.edu/people/stephanie-fryberg