Dr. Carol Dweck speech was about how we as humans have two types of mindset the “fixed” mindset and the growth mindset. When a study was completed by having children try to solve a more advanced math problem those that were in the fixed mindset were terrified and didn’t believe that they had the ability to solve the problem. Therefore they did not give themselves the opportunity to try. While the children that experienced the growth mindset viewed this math problem as stepping out of their comfort zone in a good way. And even though they recognized that they were unfamiliar with the material the tried to learn from it and at least attempt. I feel like this applies to myself because for the majority of my life I have lived in the fixed mindset.
