QUESTION: What is the growth mindset? How does someone with each mindset experience failure and its relation to self esteem? How do growth and fixed mindset affect learning?

THESIS

MINDSETS

WHAT IS THE FIXED MINDSET?

MAIN POINT-The belief that your abilities are fixed and can not be changed

People with the FM believe their abilities are carved in stone

These abilities are permanent and will never change

In this way,l people with the FM view their abilites as immutable inalterable.

From this viewpoint, one either has an aiblity or one does not. It doesn't develop over time.

People with the FM believe that abilities that can not be changed are typically due to genetics

We are born with certain abilities and skills

People with the fixed mindset don't believe in self-cultivation. \

Because they believe their abilites are genetically determine, they don't believe that they can develop their abilities.

What is the Growth mindset ?^

MAIN POINT-The Idea that abilities are not fixed and that they can always be cultivated

People with the GM learn in an easier way through failure and effort

They are willing to try a tougher challenge and learn from their failure^

They will put in max effort even if they are unsure about success

People with the GM believe that their abilities can change

They believe that they can self cultivate these abilities

They can grow their abilities in a way that plants can grow

Self-esteem and failure

FM

The FM failure threatens and effects self esteem in a negative way

The FM makes you more concerned about challenges and failures

People with the FM don't like challenges they want to stay in their comfort zone

They do not want to try new thing for the risk of failure

Gm

The GM failure is not affecting self esteem

People with the GM are not concerned about challenges

People with the GM enjoy the challenges and venture outside their comfort zone

They will risk failure in order to self cultivate

mindsets and learning

How do growth and fixed mindset affect learning?

How does growth mindset affect learning

people with the growth mindset will keep trying till they learn something

People with the growth mindset will use failure as a learning experience

How does fixed mindset affect learning

people with the fixed mindset do not enjoy learning

They feel stupid when they fail at leaning

After they fail at learning they give up and quit