UC 270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Perseveration, Conscientiousness, Mindset

• School: U of M
• Department: University Courses
• Course: UC 270
• Professor: Eric B Fretz

Document Summary

Uc 270 lec, wed 10/5/16 grit, baby. Uc 270 paper #1 releases either today or friday, and is due a week from friday: all about a paying attention type thing, definitely do paper #1. Grit west point was very curious about who would stay in or drop out. The best predictor (cid:449)as (cid:449)ho stu(cid:272)k a(cid:396)ou(cid:374)d th(cid:396)oughout the i(cid:374)itial (cid:862)hazi(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h led to g(cid:396)it (cid:271)ei(cid:374)g thei(cid:396) (cid:271)est predictor. Iq and grit each accounted for significant variance, but were not positively related. Grit is greater for lower sat scorers. Experts vs. p(cid:396)odigies (cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:455) p(cid:396)odigies (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)e e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ts, (cid:271)ut (cid:373)ost e(cid:454)pe(cid:396)ts (cid:449)e(cid:396)e (cid:374)ot p(cid:396)odigies! Perseveration/passion for long term goals: among individuals with similar iq, why different achievement, change for the sake of change/abandon due to difficulty. Do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)ha(cid:374)ge at the fi(cid:396)st sig(cid:374) of diffi(cid:272)ult(cid:455) Not a one-da(cid:455) thi(cid:374)g 99% of g(cid:396)it is sta(cid:373)i(cid:374)a. Ties (cid:271)a(cid:272)k to iq (cid:894)(cid:862)g(cid:396)o(cid:449)th (cid:373)i(cid:374)dset(cid:863)(cid:895: effort is rewarded. Grit is a trailing contributor to creativity.