Question: What is the fixed and growth mindset? How does someone with each of the mindsets experience failure and its reaction to self esteem? How do fixed and growth mindsets affect learning

Mindsets

what is a fixed mindset?

Main Point: The belief that one's abilities are fixed and can not be changed

People with a fixed mindset believe that they are born with or without certain abilities

Human ability and qualities are carved in stone

Some people are born with intelligence and others are born dumb

what is a growth mindset?

Main Point: The Growth Mindset is based on the belief that your basic qualities are things that can be cultivated through efforts

People with a Growth Mindset believe that ability can be cultivated through one's effort.

Ability~ A person's talent or skill in a certain area

Babies are a example of a being that cultivate to grow their ability

Babies learn to walk, they fall down, they get up and keep trying until they can walk

Cultivate~ Developing a skill, intelligence, etc, from practice and effort.

Failure and self-esteem within the Mindsets

How does someone with a fixed mindset experience failure and its reaction to self esteem?

When someone with a fixed mindset experiences failure they believe their failure defines them. They are humiliated and it is all they think about. The failure consumes them.

Since someone with a fixed Mindset takes failure so seriously they learn to only do things in their skill set.

They don't try new things

They don't ask questions

They keep themselves out of situations where they could be vulnerable

If a person with a fixed mindset can't get out of a situation where they would be venerable, or risk failing and humiliating themselves they learn how to get around it.

They try to surround themselves with people who they believe are to be worse at something than themselves, so that they won't be as humiliated.

They make fun of themselves before anyone else can.

They come up with excuses on why they aren't able to do something.

How does someone with a growth mindset experience failure and its reaction to self esteem?

When someone with a growth mindset experiences failure they use it as a learning opportunity and not let it define them.

If a person with a growth mindset fails at something, ex: a test, they use it to help them learn from their mistakes

They ask questions on where they went wrong

They compare to their other work

They use it to study to do better in the future

If A person with a growth mindset is in a situation where they could be at risk of failure or making a mistake they don't let it affect them or make them not participate

They ask for help

They work with the people around them

They use their tools to help them

If they mess up they keep trying

Learning with the mindsets

Fixed mindset with learning

people with a fixed mindset learn differently then those with a growth mindset. If they don't already know it they will tell themselves they are dumb.

When they aren't getting the material they will rather avoid the subject and work then to take time to learn.

They will avoid learning, the class, etc

They won't try

They will intentionally fail so that they avoid the embarrassment of failing, by failing on their own terms.

Growth mindset with learning

People with a growth mindset learn differently than those with a fixed mindset because they are open to learning.

If they aren't getting the material right away they will work harder to understand it.

They will ask questions and for help

They will use their resources

They don't let their failure hold them back they use it as a learning experience.