QUESTION: What are the fixed and growth mindsets? Where does a person with each mindset get their self-esteem? As a result, how does this affect motivation to learn?

Individuals with a fixed mindset believe their qualities and abilities are static and unchangeable. This perspective leads them to derive self-esteem from feeling intelligent and looking competent rather than embracing challenges that promote growth.

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"Fixed Abilities"

QUESTION: What are the fixed and growth mindsets? Where does a person with each mindset get their self-esteem? As a result, how does this affect motivation to learn?

THESIS This will be the thesis for your entire paper. Do this last, unless you think you can come up with a quick tentative thesis that you know you will change over time...

The Growth Mindset

The Fixed Mindset

How does all this affect motivation to learn?

MP: People with the fixed mindset avoid challenge in order to protect themselves. As a result, this messes up their motivation. Although they will put in effort to try to look good, they will not put in effort to try to learn.

The person with the FM focuses on performing well and not learning

Where do people wiht the fixed mindset get their self-esteem?

MP: People with the fixed mindset get their self-esteem from feeling smart.

scared of failure

When they fail, they give up.

Subtopic

What is the definition of the fixed mindset?

MP: The fixed mindset is the belief that one's qualities and abilities are fixed and cannot change.

People with the fixed mindset believe that their abilties are "carved in stone" (Dweck, 2017, page x).

"Fixed Abilites" are like "Stone Carving"

example

Intelligence

caused by genes/heredity

said to be static

Fixed from birth

no potential growth

cannot be cultivated

set in place; already in place

static and unchangeable

Permanent

Stone Carvings

a rock is a THING. it simply exists.

a rock has no potential by itse.f

a stone carving is permanent; there forever

a rock can't be changed

QUESTION: What are the fixed and growth mindsets? Where does a person with each mindset get their self-esteem? As a result, how does this affect motivation to learn?

Individuals with a fixed mindset believe their qualities and abilities are static and unchangeable. This perspective leads them to derive self-esteem from feeling intelligent and looking competent rather than embracing challenges that promote growth.