Carol Dweck
Carol S. Dweck, PhD, is a Professor of Psychology at Stanford University whose work "spans social and developmental psychology and examines the self-conceptions people use to structure the self and guide their behavior."
Articles by this Author
Interviews with Carol Dweck
- By Carol Dweck
- Published 12/10/2007
- High Ability - gifted/talented
Prof. Dweck talks [in multiple videos] about how people's beliefs concerning their own intelligence affects whether they can use and grow their
skills.
Students Who Believe Intelligence Can Be Developed Perform Better
- By Carol Dweck
- Published 12/9/2007
- High Ability - gifted/talented
ScienceDaily news story on research of Carol Dweck,
PhD and others --
Research on how junior high school students' beliefs about intelligence
affect their math grades found that those who believed that
intelligence can be developed performed better than those who believed
intelligence is fixed.