Fixed vs Growth Mindset

This term in Philosophy we started to learn more about what fixed and growth mindset looks like. Last week Mr.Scott proceeded a secret experiment that he told us after. It was about the reaction and the results that students got when they were told certain things. Four groups were arranged to answer riddles, with one half being to that they were really smart and they could do everything, with the other half being including me told that they could do it because they worked hard. As expected the ones who were told that they could do it because they worked hard had a significantly higher score and that they did not even try to cheat while the other half, not only did they get lower points but also they tried to cheat. That goes to show, words could change everything.

(From what I've found out about my self, I think I have a growth mindset for most of what I do, but there are sometimes that I will have a fixed mindset, for example when I try to enhance my ability to draw there are times where I don't succeed and would think about giving up. But, I do get over it and slowly but surely I started improving.)