Carol Dweck
Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Stanford University

Carol Dweck's research shows that students' "mindsets about their intelligence"--whether they believe it is a fixed or a malleable quality--guide their motivation and learning. Dweck reveals how praising students' intelligence can undermine motivation and learning and how an intervention in the schools that changes students' mindsets creates rapid changes in their motivation and grades. Finally, she shows how the mindsets have broad application to business, sports, conflict resolution, and health.

The Lyle Lanier Lecture

Hosted by: Department of Psychology

In Conjunction with: Child Development Laboratory, Clearinghouse on Early Education and Parenting, Department of Business Administration, Department of Educational Psychology, Department of Human and Community Development, Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, Department of Sociology, Family Resiliency Center, School of Labor and Employment Relations, School of Social Work, Spurlock Museum

Thursday, October 22, 2009
7:30 pm
Knight Auditorium, Spurlock Museum