My Thoughts on Growth Mindset

My Thoughts on Growth Mindset

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I am quite happy to have seen this topic again so soon. I am a psychology major, and both growth mindset and Carol Dweck have been brought up in one of my other classes recently. We discussed this topic in one of my courses that covers pro-social behavior.  I love the idea of growth mindset because it is positive in comparison to fixed mindset. With the amount of time I have spent in my major learning about different mindsets and ways of thinking, I can easily recognize a way of thinking that is harmful instead of helpful, or regressive instead of progressive. Having a fixed mindset instead of growth is something I would consider to be harmful in some ways. A fixed mindset is a hindrance on a person's learning and makes it seem like a person cannot do something if they are not inclined to or have a natural talent for. If it is not easy for them to learn something quickly, they would give up on the basis of it being something they are just not meant to be good at. This way of thinking limits a person, and that is why I greatly prefer growth mindset.

I would definitely categorize myself as someone who has a growth mindset. I am open to learning anything, but I am also aware that I will not be good at everything I try right from the start. I have been able to apply growth mindset to some of the classes I have taken during my college career. There have been many times where I have been in a class that I had to put more effort than usual into to understand what was going on and to get better at the subject matter. I knew these were things I needed to do, but I also wished to do my best in order to improve myself along the way. I am very much interested in learning more about growth mindset and similar topics this semester.

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