Carol S. Dweck

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born

in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

October 17, 1946

gender

female

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http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~dweck/

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Psychology, Health, Mind & Body, Motivational

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Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading researchers in the field of motivation and is the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professor of Psychology at Stanford University. Her research has focused on why people succeed and how to foster success. She is particularly known for her work on how self-theories (or mindsets) affect learning. She has held professorships at Columbia and Harvard Universities, has lectured all over the world, and has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Her scholarly book Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development was named Book of the Year by the World Education Federation. Her work has been featured in such publications as The New Yorker, Time, The New York Times,...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 4,172 ratings · 691 reviews · 5 distinct works · Similar authors

	Mindset: The New Psychology of Success 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 4,107 ratings — published 2006 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Self-Theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1999 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selbstbildwie Unser Denken Erfolge Oder Niederlagen Bewirkt by Carol S. Dweck, Jürgen Neubauer (Übersetzer) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Succeed: How We Can Reach Our Goals by Heidi Grant Halvorson, Carol S. Dweck 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 2010 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Handbook of Competence and Motivation by Andrew J. Elliott (Editor), Carol S. Dweck (Editor) 4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2005	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Personal Politics: The Psychology of Making It by Ellen J. Langer, Carol S. Dweck 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“We like to think of our champions and idols as superheroes who were born different from us. We don’t like to think of them as relatively ordinary people who made themselves extraordinary.”
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

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“Did I win? Did I lose? Those are the wrong questions. The correct question is: Did I make my best effort?” If so, he says, “You may be outscored but you will never lose.”
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

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“...when people already know they're deficient, they have nothing to lose by trying.”
― Carol S. Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success

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