Mindset

Question 1

What is a growth mindset?

Answer 1

When you embrace challenges, are persistent, and always learning

Question 2

What is a fixed mindset?

Answer 2

Avoids challenges, When you give up very easily, sees effort as pointless, ignores feedback, feels threatened by other people

Question 3

What is resilience?

Answer 3

The ability to mentally and emotionally cope with a crisis and are able to bounce back

Question 4

What are the 4 steps to overcoming adversity?

Answer 4

1. Coping strategies
2. Focus on positive outcomes
3. Identification of personal coping consequences
4. Social influence to support coping stratagies

Question 5

What is perfectionism?

Answer 5

The search for perfection, instead of excellence

Question 6

What is function perfectionism?

Answer 6

When someone is positive, has high standards, persistent and strives for a perfect performance but understands perfection cannot be achieved.

Question 7

What is dysfunctional perfectionism?

Answer 7

When somebody is negative, concerned about mistakes, has self doubt and feels people have a higher expectation that they cannot achieve.

Question 8

How can dysfunctional perfectionism be solved?

Answer 8

By breaking the link between a performance and self worth