PHYS 190 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Human Brain, Mindset
1 Mar 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Gave 10 year olds that were slightly too hard for them. Some of them reacted in shockingly positive way. Instead of luxuriating in power of yes, gripped in tyranny of now. In one study, seemed as if they would cheat the next time. Another study, looked for someone who did worse to feel better. In study after study, they had run from difficulty. Fixed mindset students - run from error, don"t engage w/ it. Growth mindset - engaged deeply, brains on fire w/ yet . Cogs 110 - lecture 11 - probability of success. Students need to pass a certain amount of courses to graduate, but if did not pass, got. Got more effort, strategy, engagement over longer periods of time when. Students" mindsets can be changed reaching really hard problems. New, stronger connections can be made if growth mindset taught. In country, there are students who chronically underperform.
