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Carol Dweck

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Carol Dweck

Courtesy Professor

dweck@stanford.edu

Assistant: Bee David

Biography

My work bridges developmental psychology, social psychology, and personality psychology, and examines the self-conceptions people use to structure the self and guide their behavior. My research looks at the origins of these self-conceptions, their role in motivation and self-regulation, and their impact on achievement and interpersonal processes.

Other Titles

Professor, Psychology
Professor (By courtesy), Graduate School of Education
Member, Wu Tsai Human Performance Alliance

Recent Publications

Claro, S., Paunesku, D., & Dweck, C. S. (2016). Growth mindset tempers the effects of poverty on academic achievement. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 113(31), 8664–68.

Yeager, D. S., Walton, G. M., Brady, S. T., Akcinar, E. N., Paunesku, D., Keane, L., … Dweck, C. S. (2016). Teaching a lay theory before college narrows achievement gaps at scale. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 113(24), E3341–E3348.

Haimovitz, K., & Dweck, C. S. (2016). What Predicts Children's Fixed and Growth Intelligence Mind-Sets? Not Their Parents' Views of Intelligence but Their Parents' Views of Failure. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 27(6), 859–69.

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