PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Carol Dweck, Motivation, Expectancy Theory
13 Apr 2018
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Your intelligence is something you cannot change much vs no matter how much intelligence you have, you can always change it quite a bit. Dweck found that americans, australians etc there is an equal split between endorsement of both statement. Whereas 80% of asian countries would choose the second statement; malleable and changeable. What will the impact on motivation be? (if you were measuring this, you would look at ) Can they approach challenging activities or shy away from them. Theories to support ability praise (praising kids for their ability is pos) Related to goal setting, particularly related to your confidence to pursue certain goals. The more self efficacy you have, the more effort you"re likely to put in and persist. Can inc self efficacy through giving a sense of personal control. States that it"s fine to praise kids for their theory.
