Drawing on Dweck's book Mindset, what are the fixed and growth mindsets? In the mindsets, where does a person gain self esteem? As a result, how do the mindsets influence a person's motivation to learn? Explain in detail. Set up all arguments and define all central terms

Thesis: The Study of Mindset reveals the way you look at things and how that thinking affects your self esteem and the way you learn. A growth mindset means that you believe that your abilities can be developed through hard work. A fixed mindset means that you believe that your abilities can never change.

Where does a person gain self esteem?

People with growth mindset didn't want people who would pick on them or undetermine their self esteem.

For people with a fixed mindset their self esteem is tied to performance and validation

Focusing on effort helps cultivate a stronger self esteem.

If you give effort in everything you won't have much of an ego.

How do mindsets influence
motivation to learn?

Specifically having a growth mindset helps you learn and not getting discouraged

Having a fixed mindset will limit your learning and convince you that you can never grow from failure.

What is a mindset?

A mindset is a set of beliefs that shape how you make sense of the world and yourself.

A fixed mindset is the belief that abilities are innate and unchangeable

When you have a fixed mindset you see that your basic traits are not changeable and there is no room to grow

Provide an example...consider using the puzzles example from pages 3-4. "I brought the children one at a time to solve a series of puzzles. One boy cries out "I love the challenge"

When having a fixed mindset you think once something goes wrong you give up and have no hope for the better

Someone could try something new then give up almost instantly after failure

A growth mindset is when people believe that their most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work

People with a growth mindset believe that there is no end point and there's always room for development

intentional effort (asking for help/mentorship, persistence (not giving up) - Put in own words

People with a growth mindset always aren't afraid to ask help and don't have an ego.

People with a growth mindset are willing to be more capable to learn more giving themselves a better opportunity to succeed