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Description

1. xiii, 195 pages; 24 cm

Summary

1. "This text sheds light on how people work - why they sometimes function well and, at other times, behave in ways that are self-defeating or destructive. Dweck presents her groundbreaking research on adaptive and maladaptive cognitive-motivational patterns and shows: how these patterns originate in people's self-theories; their consequences for the person - for achievement, social relationships, and emotional well-being; their consequences for society, from issues of human potential to stereotyping and intergroup relations; and the experiences that create them." "Throughout, Dweck shows how examining self-theories illuminates basic issues of human motivation, social cognition, personality, the self, mental health, and development. This text is a must-read for researchers in social psychology, child development, and education, and is appropriate for both graduate and senior undergraduate students in these areas."--Jacket

Series statement

1. Essays in social psychology

Uniform title

1. Essays in social psychology

Subject

1. Self psychology
2. Achievement motivation
3. Intellect
4. Self-esteem
5. Motivation (Psychology)
6. Self-perception
7. Motivation
8. Self Concept
9. Self Psychology
10. Intelligence
11. Psychologie du soi
12. Motivation d'accomplissement
13. Intelligence
14. Estime de soi
15. Motivation (Psychologie)
16. Perception de soi
17. Zelfbeeld
18. Prestatiemotivatie
19. Zelfpsychologie
20. Self psychology
21. Achievement motivation
22. Intellect
23. Self-esteem
24. Psychologie du soi
25. Motivation (psychologie)
26. Soi

Contents

1. 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 and backfires -- Misconceptions about self-esteem and about how to foster it -- Personality, motivation, development, and the self: theoretical reflections -- Final thoughts on controversial issues.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-173) and index.

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain