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GCSE Psychology · key term
A belief that intelligence and ability can develop through effort, practice and learning.
Used by AQA and OCR
Paper 1
Revise: Dweck’s Mindset Theory, Praise and Self-EfficacyA growth mindset is the belief that ability can develop through effort, practice and learning. This encourages learning goals, such as understanding a topic better or improving a skill. Challenges are worth attempting because they provide opportunities to develop.
Paper 1
A belief that intelligence or ability can develop through learning, effort and practice.
Distinguish belief that ability can develop (growth mindset) from belief that you can succeed at a particular task (self-efficacy).
Do not claim that a growth mindset guarantees success or that a correlation between self-efficacy and achievement proves causation.
Distinguish a belief about ability from ability itself: a growth mindset does not mean that a learner is already highly skilled.
Create a free account to keep every note you open and track your progress.
A growth mindset is the belief that ability can develop through learning, effort and practice. Difficulty can instead be interpreted as a sign that more learning is needed: ‘I cannot do this yet.’ This encourages persistence and a willingness to learn from mistakes.
The belief that intelligence can develop through learning and effort; called an incremental theory of intelligence in Blackwell et al.’s research.
The belief that intelligence and ability can develop through learning, effective strategies and effort.
