PSY 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Prentice Hall, Mindset
Document Summary
Aaron hochanadel and dora finamore wrote an article about fixed and growth mindsets in reference to education. They believe that having a growth mindset along with determination allows students to be the most successful in school. Military academy regarding number of cadets, percentages of pass and failures, as well as surveys to determine why those who succeeded did so. Their data was evidence that having a growth mindset is not enough by itself for cadets to succeed. Some of these characteristics are unmeasurable in people today. But it is undeniably true that determination and a growth mindset are common characteristics of successful cadets at the west point military academy. The textbook explains the ideas of fixed and growth mindsets by analyzing the way that people explain their talents or abilities to themselves. Some people believe that they have certain talents because they are born with them and others just weren"t.
