The Many Errors in Thinking about Mistakes
"In a study that Professor Dweck and her reserachers did with 400 fifth graders, half were randomly praised as being "really smart" for doing well on a test; the others were praised for their effort.They were then given two tasks to choose from: an easy one that they would learn little from but do well, or a more challenging one that might be more interesting but induce more mistakes.
The majority of those praised for being smart chose the simple task, while 90 percent of those commended for trying hard selected the more difficult one."
Apparently we learn more from our failures than our successes -- go figure!
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