Week 3 Jan. 23 - Emotion, Motivation and Cognition

Carol Dweck, 2014

• How children coped with challenge

• 10 year olds problems that were slightly too hard for them

  • “I love a challenge” - they understood their abilities can be developed (growth mindset)

  • “The tyranny of now” - probably cheat the next time after failure/look fir someone worse then they did to feel better about themselves (fixed mindset)

• What can we do

  • Praise Wisely - praise their improvement

  • Rewarding Yet - Rewarded for effort, process and strategy

  • Changing Mindsets

Fixed vs. Growth

Fixed Mindset

• You are either a smart person vs. not a smart person

• You come as you are

Growth Mindset

• If you put in enough effort you can get better

Achievement Motivation

Example: Motivation to earn a high grade in a class (internal/external standard you are working towards)

Goals

• Mastery

• Performance

Types of Motivation

Intrinsic

• Liking the doing even if your bad at it because you enjoy doing it

  Example: Dr. Van Hedger joining “Crapappella” in university and finding joy in performing with friends, regardless of the group's skill level

• You can have all three types of motivation for a single activity

  Example: Writing a grant - wanting to achieve well, needing the money, research is good enough for the grant