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Because children with fixed mindsets believe their potential is capped, they avoid challenges that test their abilities.
Kids with fixed mindsets believe things such as intelligence, character and creative ability are innate and immutable.
Kids with growth mindsets believe that what they are born with are raw materials-a launching point.
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People with a fixed mindset believe that human abilities are simply givens.
Students with a growth mindset believe that intelligence can be developed, as opposed to those with a "fixed" mindset who believe that people are born with a certain amount of intelligence, the researchers said.
People with a fixed mindset believe their qualities are fixed traits ("I am who I am"), while people with a growth mindset believe their qualities are just starting points, which can be developed through hard work, shaping who they could become.
Those with a fixed mindset believe "what will be, will be;" that ability is innate and therefore cannot be developed.
Students with a growth mindset believe that innate talents and intelligence are just the starting point, and can be cultivated through hard work (Mindsets, p.7).
To paraphrase a quote from her 2014 TED talk, people with a growth mindset believe in the idea that their abilities can be developed, despite initial failure.
As she describes it here, individuals with a growth mindset "believe their talents can be developed (through hard work, good strategies, and input from others)." In contrast, individuals with a fixed mindset believe their talents are innate gifts – and therefore put less energy into learning or developing new talents.
People with a growth mindset believe that they can improve with effort.
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