What would make some students chronically worried about failure? I suggest that an entity theory of intelligence may lie at the heart of this. Within an incremental theory, a failure just means that your present strategy or your present skills are inadequate, but within an entity theory, a failure can cast doubt on your global permanent intelligence—definitely something to avoid.
Carol Dweck

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Carol Dweck
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Carol Dweck

one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation
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