Baxed Mindset: Fixed And Growth
Mindset is defined as the established set of attitudes, dispositions, or moods held by a person. Mindsets can be altered or reformed in a person’s lifetime but it is very difficult to do so. There are also two main different types of mindsets: fixed and growth. A fixed mindset is described as understanding intelligence, talents, and abilities as static characteristics of an individual’s nature. People who adhere to a fixed mindset believe that these characteristics are not able to change or develop and thus consider themselves to be at their best at all times. Therefore, individuals with a fixed mindset attempt to appear as infallible in an effort to prolong cognitive dissonance that would be a result of failure. A growth mindset is described as understanding intelligence, talents, and abilities as ever-changing characteristics of an individual’s personality. A growth mindset is the belief in the idea that people can continuously grow, learn, develop, and better themselves. People with growth mindsets
…show more content…
tend to adhere to the concept that their character can improve in various ways through trial and error, observation, research, and experience and thus consider themselves to not necessarily be at their best at all times but to be at their best in that particular moment. Therefore, individuals with a growth mindset attempt to continuously learn regardless of countless past failures and inevitable future ones. I believe that I have a fixed mindset about most aspects of my character but there are instances in which I believe I can push myself to be better.
In academic and social realms I tend to a fixed mindset in the sense that I do not trust in the improvement of my abilities. For example, I never learned how to properly study and have struggled with dyslexia and dyscalculia in adolescence. I continue to struggle at times, however my learning curve has definitely increased from when I was first introduced to academia. In social occasions, I do not consciously ascribe to either introvertism or extrovertism. I am neither here nor there but because I am in a fixed mindset, I do not attempt to be more or less social regardless of the scenario. In contrast, I adhered to a growth mindset when I began training in a particular sport. Because I had great passion for it and wanted to succeed, I pushed myself to improve even though I struggled and saw my skills
plateauing. I would move myself into the growth mindset by challenging my inner voice. In most aspects of my life I adhere to a fixed mindset therefore it is that voice that is afraid of failure that is restricting me. I would have to first recognize that the inner voice is my fixed mindset then I would have to challenge it with my outer voice in the context of a growth mindset.
The same method can be applied to moving others from a fixed mindset to a growth one. The only difference in a situation of moving someone else into a growth mindset instead of myself would be that they need to verbalize their inner voice to me. I cannot hear their fixed mindset circulating fearful thoughts of failure unless they vocalize them or express these emotions in a way that I can comprehend. I would not praise them as a person but rather praise their accomplishments and/or actions. Praising a person’s skill—especially a child’s—can lead to a fixed mindset later on in life.
tend to adhere to the concept that their character can improve in various ways through trial and error, observation, research, and experience and thus consider themselves to not necessarily be at their best at all times but to be at their best in that particular moment. Therefore, individuals with a growth mindset attempt to continuously learn regardless of countless past failures and inevitable future ones. I believe that I have a fixed mindset about most aspects of my character but there are instances in which I believe I can push myself to be better.
In academic and social realms I tend to a fixed mindset in the sense that I do not trust in the improvement of my abilities. For example, I never learned how to properly study and have struggled with dyslexia and dyscalculia in adolescence. I continue to struggle at times, however my learning curve has definitely increased from when I was first introduced to academia. In social occasions, I do not consciously ascribe to either introvertism or extrovertism. I am neither here nor there but because I am in a fixed mindset, I do not attempt to be more or less social regardless of the scenario. In contrast, I adhered to a growth mindset when I began training in a particular sport. Because I had great passion for it and wanted to succeed, I pushed myself to improve even though I struggled and saw my skills
plateauing. I would move myself into the growth mindset by challenging my inner voice. In most aspects of my life I adhere to a fixed mindset therefore it is that voice that is afraid of failure that is restricting me. I would have to first recognize that the inner voice is my fixed mindset then I would have to challenge it with my outer voice in the context of a growth mindset.
The same method can be applied to moving others from a fixed mindset to a growth one. The only difference in a situation of moving someone else into a growth mindset instead of myself would be that they need to verbalize their inner voice to me. I cannot hear their fixed mindset circulating fearful thoughts of failure unless they vocalize them or express these emotions in a way that I can comprehend. I would not praise them as a person but rather praise their accomplishments and/or actions. Praising a person’s skill—especially a child’s—can lead to a fixed mindset later on in life.