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Jianyu Hong

February 9, 2019

ENG. 101

Professor Hofmann.

Mindset Chapter One Summary.

Does the human mindset contain room for expansion based on the situations encountered

daily? In chapter one of the book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, Carol S. Dweck

emphasizes on the forms of mindsets in human beings. As part of her study, she subjected and

children to puzzle challenge and realized they handled the situations variedly. In support of the

idea, she brings out two types of mindsets namely, “Fixed Mindset” and “Growth Mindset.”

Carol notes that, in a fixed mindset, people tend to assume that character is fully packed at birth

and covered in rock. The assumption asserts that no alterations can be made in a fixed mindset.

Therefore, when we accept the situations as they appear without challenging them, a fixed

mindset is exercised. Conversely, in a growth mindset, expansion of the traits is possible

because people with such mindsets are ready to learn and through experience, they can apply

new qualities. I think then it is essential to adopt a growth kind of mindset because it enhances

the development of new traits in support of Carol S. Dweck’s conclusion that a mindset can be

altered.