Before we had this lesson about mind-set, we didn’t know what Mind-set was about, but after learning about it, we realized that this pattern, where people either shut down when they fail or fail and then try again happens a lot. It originates in a person’s brain. We read some articles that explained how mind-set happens and how people work when they have fixed or growth mind-sets. Carol Dweck is a psychology professor and she had a theory of the fixed and growth mindsets. Dweck stated, “People who attributed their failures to lack of ability would become discouraged even in areas where they were capable”(pg.2). School is a perfect example of her statement, because students face problems that the teacher gives, but they just don’t try. “A fixed mind-set fosters a categorical, all- or- nothing view of people’s qualities; this view tends to make you ignore festering problems or, at the other extreme, give up on a relationship at the first sign of trouble.” (pg.5), believes Dweck. Carol Dweck also wrote that most people have fixed mind-sets. The patterns continue on by not trying harder when they face a problem that is too hard for them.
A fixed or growth mind-set can start when whenever in someone’s life, but we like to think it starts in the brain or the origin where you can develope a fixed or growth mind-set, “Can hearing such stories help a 4‐year‐old handle a sandbox setback?” (pg. 6). Maybe, but they can evolve over time depending on how they face the problems. We can grow up with a growth mindset and when we think we learned enough we start to process a fixed mindset. But some people still think they have the potential of learning more. Most people don’t realize that they have a certain mindset, whether it’s to continue to try after so many fails, or after they fail once, they give up. Even older people in their 50s can have the potential of having a growth mind-set, “who took up piano as an adult and learned to speak Italian in her 50s” (pg.6). Mind-set can be a reason why you can't accomplish something or the reason that you thrive. We have two different mind-sets, a fixed or growth mind-set. These types of mid-sets have different developments. The patterns happen in everyday life situations. An example of this is like a plant. It has same scenarios but different emotions. It depends on the type of person that takes care of the plant. Sometimes a plant keeps growing if it get the correct amount of care, but sometimes the person just gives up and lets it die. The two different mind-sets think some ways the same, but mostly different. They have the patterns of the same reasoning but different way of thinking.
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