Self-theories : their role in motivation, personality, and development /
Dweck, Carol S., 1946-
Self-theories : their role in motivation, personality, and development / Carol S. Dweck. - Philadelphia, PA ; Sussex : Psychology Press, 1999. - xiii, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk. - Essays in social psychology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-173) and index.
What promotes adaptive motivation? Four beliefs and four truths about ability, success, praise and confidence -- When failure undermines and when failure motivates: helpless and mastery-oriented responses -- Achievement goals: looking smart versus learning -- Is intelligence fixed or changeable? students' theories about their intelligence foster their achievement goals -- Theories of intelligence predict (and create) differences in achievement -- Theories of intelligence create high and low effort -- Implicit theories and goals predict self-esteem loss and depressive reactions to negative events -- Why confidence and success are not enough -- What is IQ and does it matter? -- Believing in fixed social traits: impact on social coping -- Judging and labeling others: another effect of implicit theories -- Belief in the potential to change -- Holding and forming stereotypes -- How does it all begin? young children's theories about goodness and badness -- Kinds of praise and criticism: the origins of vulnerability -- Praising intelligence: more praise that backfires -- Misconceptions about self-esteem and about how to foster it -- Personality, motivation, development and the self: theoretical reflections -- Final thoughts on controversial issues.
1841690244
Self psychology.
Achievement motivation
Intellect
Self-esteem
155.2
Self-theories : their role in motivation, personality, and development / Carol S. Dweck. - Philadelphia, PA ; Sussex : Psychology Press, 1999. - xiii, 195 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk. - Essays in social psychology. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-173) and index.
What promotes adaptive motivation? Four beliefs and four truths about ability, success, praise and confidence -- When failure undermines and when failure motivates: helpless and mastery-oriented responses -- Achievement goals: looking smart versus learning -- Is intelligence fixed or changeable? students' theories about their intelligence foster their achievement goals -- Theories of intelligence predict (and create) differences in achievement -- Theories of intelligence create high and low effort -- Implicit theories and goals predict self-esteem loss and depressive reactions to negative events -- Why confidence and success are not enough -- What is IQ and does it matter? -- Believing in fixed social traits: impact on social coping -- Judging and labeling others: another effect of implicit theories -- Belief in the potential to change -- Holding and forming stereotypes -- How does it all begin? young children's theories about goodness and badness -- Kinds of praise and criticism: the origins of vulnerability -- Praising intelligence: more praise that backfires -- Misconceptions about self-esteem and about how to foster it -- Personality, motivation, development and the self: theoretical reflections -- Final thoughts on controversial issues.
1841690244
Self psychology.
Achievement motivation
Intellect
Self-esteem
155.2