Module 1 Flashcards
Nico stacks blocks really high! His dad, Steve, praises Nico by saying “Nico, you are such a smart kid!” This type of praise is more likely to lead to Nico:
adopting a fixed mindset
Yuthika, a psychology Professor, recently restructured all her courses to facilitate mastery learning. New research suggests that her students are more likely to experience:
greater course performance
Which of the following might someone with a growth mindset NOT attribute failure to?
their own lack of ability
For people with growth mindsets, mistakes are seen as:
opportunities to learn
Adopting a growth mindset about intelligence:
can help overcome structural challenges
Fixed mindset reflects the belief that intelligence is modifiable through increased
this is a trick question – fixed mindset does not reflect the idea that intelligence is modifiable
People with growth mindsets about intelligence experience activation …..in their brain, indicating …
greater, attention to mistakes
To foster a growth mindset in children, Carol Dweck mentioned we should
“praise children wisely” by praising the process. Which of the following did she NOT recommend to praise?
Intelligence
People with a growth mindset tend to…. Challenges
Embrace
In Carol Dweck’s Ted Talk, she talked about the power of the word:
Yet
What’s a good example of a forn)of praise to foster an incremental mindset?
“You worked so hard on this project”
What kind of goals do people with a fixed mindset tend to set?
performance goals
Which of the following might someone with a growth mindset NOT attribute failure to?
their own lack of ability
People who come from a lower income decile background are more likely to achieve similar grades as those who come from a higher income decile background when:
they adopt a growth mindset
Entity theory or fixed mindset reflects the assumption that attributes are:
Stable
David believes that intelligence is something you are allotted. David recently got back a math’s exam and he didn’t do so well. How might David respond to this setback?
avoid remedial action
Research has demonstrated that children’s math grades…. If children have an incremental mindset about intelligence.
increase over time
What kind of goals do people with a growth mindset tend to set?
Mastery goals
In a classroom setting, whose mindset matters the most?
the student and the teacher
Nico stacks blocks really high! His dad, Steve, praises Nico by saying “Nico, you are such a smart kid!” This type of praise is more likely to lead to Nico:
adopting a fixed mindset
Approach goals are focused on a…. outcome or state, and regulation involves trying to …or maintain that outcome or state
Positive/move towards
Fixed mindset reflects the belief that intelligence is modifiable through increased
this is a trick question - fixed mindset does not reflect the idea that intelligence is modifiable
David believes that intelligence is something you are allotted.
David recently got back a math’s exam and he didn’t do so well. How might David respond to this setback?
avoid remedial action
In a study by Nussbaum & Dweck (2008), incremental participants were found to
-__ compared to entity
participants.
express more interest in the tutorial for the module on which they had performed poorly
