Chapitre 1 Part 2 Rewarding And Praising Children Flashcards
What are Mindsets also called implicit theories of intelligence?
Mindsets are people’s lay beliefs about the nature of human attributes such as intelligence or personality.
What is a fixed mindset also called entity theory?
People who believe that human attributes are simply fixed traits.
What is a growth mindset also called incremental theory ?
People who believe that everyone can improve their attributes.
What is the effect of a fixed mindset on people ?
People with a fixed mindset about they own traits tend to avoid challenges for fear of showing themselves to be unintelligent and also tend to show more resilience in face of setbacks.
When it’s about others they tend to form a rapid trait-based judgments, individuals do groups and reject infos that runs counter to their label or stereotype.
What is the effect of growth mindset on people?
They seek to challenging learning opportunities and show resilience in face of setbacks. It also can boost motivation and help prevent what Ive stereotypes from undermining achievement.
When it’s about others, they tend to understand people’s behavior more in terms of situations and psychological processes.
What are intrinsic motivations?
Motivation inherent to someone, that are natural for the person.
What are lay beliefs ?
Naive beliefs on things.
What is lifespan development?
Psychological development during life.
What is overjustification?
Trying to find a meaning for something that is being done just for the sake of doing it.
What is a praise?
eulogize, compliment, congratulate.
What is a person-directed praise ?
Praise / compliment directed to the person : «you are smart».
What is a process-directed praise ?
Compliments directed to the process of the final product of the product.
What does resilience means ?
the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.
What is a self-Theory?
Informal theory made up in someone’s mind.
What is a token economy ?
Reward someone for accomplishing a task.
