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Psychology Development - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Point - One strength is evidence that a growth mindset leads to better grades.
      - Explanation - Dweck found that seventh graders taught a growth mindset had better grades and motivation than a group who were just taught about memory.
      - Conclusion - This suggests that this approach can improve performance
    - - Point - a strength is good real-world application
      - Explanation - Mindset has been used to improve performance in areas such as schools, businesses, sport and relationships.
      - Conclusion - Teaching people to see failure as a lack of effort rather than lack of talent motivates future effort.
    - - Point - A weakness is that any sort of praise may be bad.
      - Explanation - The idea of praising people’s effort still leads to them doing things for approval from others rather than doing it for themselves.
      - Conclusion - Growth mindset can therefore discourage the type of independent behaviour it is trying to promote.