PSYB10H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Pre-Medical, Intelligence Quotient, Learned Helplessness
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Hint: don"t tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on process not on intelligence or ability is key to success in school and in life. Many people assume that superior intelligence or ability is a key to success. But more than three decades of research shows that an overemphasis on intellect or talent and the implication that such traits are innate and fixed leaves people vulnerable to failure, fearful of challenges and unmotivated to learn. Teaching people to have a growth mind-set, which encourages a focus on process rather than on intelligence or talent, produces high achievers in school and in life. A brilliant student, jonathan sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned as. Jonathan puzzled over why some of his classmates struggled, and his parents told him he had a special gift.
