PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Carol Dweck, Friends House, Cegep

• School: McGill University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 471
• Professor: Richard Koestner

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Psyc 471 lecture 11 - theories of ability. Canada ranked first for medals including most golds. To relate carol dweck"s work to ericsson"s theory. Typically people 50% of people hold entity views regarding implicit theory and 50% hold incremental views. Richard and his wife went over to his friend"s house for dinner. His friend"s daughter was sick and was upset that she"d have to miss school. Wife explained that the daughter loved school (1st / 2nd grade) Math teacher would identify the students that were really good at math. She"d give them extra attention and worked with these kids the most. Because she didn"t want to get any of the other geniuses sick, in particular the most. Today that daughter because he parents never endorsed the "little genius" business went to a mid- level cegep, and chose a university based of its sports team and is now completing a phd in engineering.