Psychological characteristics and skills - TCOG - O'Keefe -Mindsets and Self-evaluation

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What two distict beliefs can be identified?

Incremental & Entity theorist

Growth vs Fixed

What does a incremental theorist belief and focus on?

They believe that intelligence is malleable and improvable. They focus on learning and developing.

What does an Entity theorist believe and focus on?

Entity theorist believe that intelligence is fixed and can't be improved much. They focus on proving to others that they are competent and avoid appearing incompetent
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What three types of self-evaluative motives are there?

Self-assesment
Self-improvement
Self-enhancement

What's the difference between incremental theorists and entity theorist in self-assessment motives?

Incremental: uses self-referential standards
Entitiy: Relate to others, normative standards

Self-improvement is prevalent amongst incremental theorist.

Why?

Becaus of their learning and developing abilities, an entity theorist belief in fixed intelligence

What is self-enhancement good for?

A method of self-evaluation to achieve a positive self-view

What does self-evaluation do with an entity theorist?

Self-evaluative motives lead to defensiveness. The focus is not on growth, but on protecting/repairing their self-esteem.

What do incremental theorist do when given the opportunity to compare their strategies with others?

They choose to review strategies from others who did better

Incremetnal theorists show an increase in attention to the correct answer, why?

Because it is an opportunity to learn

What two strategies do Entity theorists use for protecting their self-esteem when failure is anticipated?

Self-handicapping & Feedback avoidance

Name a driver of feedback avoidance?

Negative reinforcement

How do enitiy theorist repair their self-esteem?

By self-enhancing

Self-enhancing includes two terms. Which two?

Self-serving bias
Downward social comparisons

What do entity theorist blame failure and succes on?

Succes on internal
Failure on external

With who do entity and incremental theorist compare theirselfs?

Entity - Downward social comparisons
Incremental - Upward social comparisons

What do entity and incremental theorist believe about success?

Entity: Success is largely the result of existing talent
Incremental: Success is malleable, practice yields competence

What happens if you praise students for their efforts instead of intelligence?

Reinforces the notion that studyresults are malleable and that abilities can develop.

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