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  2. Self-worth theory of motivation - Wikipedia

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    The quadripolar model of self-worth theory demonstrates an individual's behaviour under the motivation to protect the sense of self-worth, with the representation of dual motives to avoid failure and approach success. [1] [2] This two-dimensional model proposes four broad types of learners in terms of success oriented and failure avoidant. The ...

  3. Do-gooder derogation - Wikipedia

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    One possible reason for do-gooder derogation is 'anticipated moral reproach'. This describes a threat to one's moral standing and to their sense of self-worth. [7] Research suggests that since people are highly sensitive to any criticism or challenge to their morals, they are more likely to put down the source of this 'threat'. [8] [9]

  4. Mindset - Wikipedia

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    In 2015, Ash Buchanan and Margaret L. Kern proposed a benefit mindset: an evolution of the fixed and growth mindsets. The benefit mindset describes society's leaders, who promote individual and collective well-being: people who discover their strengths to contribute to causes greater than the self.

  5. Carol Dweck - Wikipedia

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    Carol Susan Dweck (born October 17, 1946) is an American psychologist. She holds the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professorship of Psychology at Stanford University.Dweck is known for her work on motivation and mindset.

  6. Implicit theories of intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Students followed throughout their middle school careers showed that those who possessed growth mindset tendencies made better grades and had a more positive view on the role of effort than students who possessed fixed mindset tendencies with similar abilities, two years following the initial survey. [10]

  7. 3 Ways a Poverty Mindset Is Keeping You from Financial ... - AOL

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    English philosopher James Allen once wrote: "As a man thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains." In other words, you are your thoughts. So could a poverty mindset be affecting your...

  8. Self-esteem - Wikipedia

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    Self-esteem can apply to a specific attribute or globally. Psychologists usually regard self-esteem as an enduring personality characteristic (trait self-esteem), though normal, short-term variations (state self-esteem) also exist. Synonyms or near-synonyms of self-esteem include: self-worth, [9] self-regard, [10] self-respect, [11] [12] and ...

  9. Self-determination theory - Wikipedia

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    Self-determination also has a more personal and psychology-relevant meaning today: the ability or process of making one’s own choices and controlling one’s own life." [18] The use of one's personal agency to determine behavior and mindset will help an individual's choices.