Dweck study

THE PHANTASTIC PSYCHOLOGY

PARADIGMPROJECT

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

We want to study this


Lots of ways to study the brain


In vitro


In vivo


Our subjects


So what to study?


Mindsets

Fixed Mindset Growth Mindset

intelligence is a fixed trait

intelligence is a malleable quality, a potential that can

be developed


How Dweck Studied Mindset

Intelligence Praise

“Wow, that’s a really good score.

You must be smart at this.”

Effort Praise

“Wow, that’s a really good score.

You must have tried really hard.”

Control Group “Wow, that’s a really good score.”


Effects of Intelligence vs Effort Praise

Fixed Growth

Goals

ConfidenceMotivation

Performance

Afterdifficult

trial {Looking Smart

LowLow

Decreased

Learning

HighHigh

Increased


Performance

40 1 2 3

6.5

4.5

5

5.5

6

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ms

Solv

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Trial 1 Trial 3(before failure) (after failure)


Lying: Proportion of Students who misrepresent scores

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0.1

0.2

0.3

0.4

Intelligence Control Effort


Our study

Dweck’s Study

5th grade public school students inSouth Bronx, NY

5th & 6th grade private school students inAtlanta, GA


So what will you do?Read scientific research papers

Write research grant proposal

Learn psychology research techniques

Design research protocols

Conduct subject interviews

Learn advanced statistical analysis techniques

Analyze real data (lots of it)


And...

Tour university psychology labs

Present your findings to Mr. Adams and Dr. Friedman

Write an original scientific paper?

Attend a scientific conference?


In short, you’ll

Do Science!


Time requirements

We’ll do most everything during 1 backwork each week.

Actual study will be carried out on 1 day in January/Feb during free periods.

Collaboration will take place online via google docs & blog


Next step

Complete the Application!http://bit.ly/MindsetApp


Questions?


Documents

Dweck study