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A well-known example of a contrasting mindset is fixed versus growth. A mindset refers to an established set of attitudes of a person or group concerning culture, values, philosophy, frame of reference, outlook, or disposition. [1] [2] It may also arise from a person's worldview or beliefs about the meaning of life. [3]
Stanford News Service press release: Fixed versus growth intelligence mindsets: It's all in your head, Dweck says Archived 2010-03-31 at the Wayback Machine; Lisa Trei, "New study yields instructive results on how mindset affects learning", Stanford Report, Feb. 7, 2007; Carol Dweck's TED Talk on the Growth Mindset, TEDxNorrkoping, Nov. 2014
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]
Zero-sum thinking perceives situations as zero-sum games, where one person's gain would be another's loss. [1] [2] [3] The term is derived from game theory.However, unlike the game theory concept, zero-sum thinking refers to a psychological construct—a person's subjective interpretation of a situation.
Thomas Robert Malthus, after whom Malthusianism is named. Malthusianism is a theory that population growth is potentially exponential, according to the Malthusian growth model, while the growth of the food supply or other resources is linear, which eventually reduces living standards to the point of triggering a population decline.
American exceptionalism; American nationalism; Anti-communism; Christian nationalism; Classical liberalism; Communitarianism; Constitutionalism; Culture of life
Financial products that typically come with fixed interest rates include: Traditional certificates of deposit. Fixed-rate mortgages. Home equity loans. Personal loans. Auto loans. Small business loans
For instance, if one's worldview is fixed by one's language, as according to a strong version of the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis, one would have to learn or invent a new language in order to construct a new worldview. According to Apostel, [20] a worldview is an ontology, or a descriptive model of the world. It should comprise these six elements: