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Beliefs and values that have held sway for thousands of years will be questioned as never before. Carol P. Christ
Will Values Before Thousands Thousands Of Years Never Years Questioned Sway Held Beliefs
The mother must socialize her daughter to become subordinate to men, and if her daughter challenges patriarchal norms, the mother is likely to defend the patriarchal structures against her own daughters. Carol P. Christ
Challenges Mother Men Daughter Become Own Must Structures Daughters Likely Norms Subordinate Patriarchal Against Socialize Her Defend
The often cruel behavior of Christians toward unbelievers and even toward dissenters among themselves is shocking evidence of the function of that image in relation to values and behavior. Carol P. Christ
Behavior Values Relation Evidence Cruel Toward Shocking Often Themselves Even Function Among Image Christians
The women's movement will present a growing threat to patriarchal religion less by attacking it than by simply leaving it behind. Carol P. Christ
Religion Women Will Threat Attacking Simply Leaving Than Behind Movement Patriarchal Less Growing Present
Subversive language, however, must be constantly reinvented, because it is continually being co-opted by the powerful. Carol P. Christ
Language Must Constantly Powerful Because Continually However Being Subversive Reinvented
If we do no mean that God is male when we use masculine pronouns and imagery, then why should there be any objections to using female imagery and pronouns as well? Carol P. Christ
God Objections Masculine Well Female Male Any Mean Then Should Use Using Why Imagery
Maybe you don't know how to do something at work. Instead of asking the boss or seeking someone as a mentor, you might not want to show them your ignorance. So, you're depriving yourself of this learning and mentorship. All of these ways are ways that a fixed mindset will hold you back. Carol S. Dweck
Work You Ignorance Learning Yourself Will Back Mindset Ways Seeking Someone Something Boss Mentor Instead Know How Fixed Maybe Want Hold Them Might Depriving Asking Your Show
Everyone is a mixture of fixed and growth mindsets. You could have a predominant growth mindset in an area, but there can still be things that trigger you into a fixed mindset trait. Carol S. Dweck
You Everyone Mindset Mindsets Trigger Area Could Still Mixture Fixed Trait Predominant Growth Things
You can't just declare that you have a growth mindset. Growth mindset is hard. Carol S. Dweck
You Mindset Just Declare Hard Growth
When we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart; don't risk making mistakes. Carol S. Dweck
Game Intelligence Smart Mistakes Making Mistakes Tell Risk Name Look Making Praise Children Them
Think about being a teenager and feeling like school is just about taking tests you may or may not be interested in, after which someone will judge whether or not you're smart. No one's going to be inspired by that. Carol S. Dweck
You Judge School Smart Will Feeling Think Teenager About Someone Inspired Taking Like Tests Going May Just Being Being A Teenager After Whether Which Interested
The wrong kind of praise creates self-defeating behavior. The right kind motivates students to learn. Carol S. Dweck
Behavior Kind Students Wrong Wrong Kind Self-Defeating Learn Praise Motivates Creates Right Right Kind
Emphasizing effort gives a child a variable that they can control. They come to see themselves as in control of their success. Emphasizing natural intelligence takes it out of the child's control, and it provides no good recipe for responding to a failure. Carol S. Dweck
Success Good Failure Natural Intelligence Control Recipe Responding Out See Variable Gives Takes Emphasizing Come Provides Effort Child Themselves
I'm such an egghead. Carol S. Dweck
As human beings, it is natural for us to pick up signals about what is valued in our environment and to want to embody those values. But being superior and infallible isn't something to strive for. Those values do not encourage people to do what is good for their organization in the long run. Carol S. Dweck
Good Natural People Organization Values Superior Long Our Those Signals Valued Strive Run Embody About Something Long Run Pick Environment Infallible Encourage Up Human Being Want Human Beings Us Beings
Business leaders who openly acknowledge people's concerns about becoming obsolete and who invest resources in workers' growth can help create a nation of learners - and perhaps resolve some of the political chaos that's bubbling around us. Carol S. Dweck
Business People Political Nation Resolve Chaos Resources Some About Invest Bubbling Leaders Obsolete Openly Perhaps Concerns Learners Around Becoming Acknowledge Us Create Workers Business Leaders Help Who Growth
When I went into psychology, there were very few women. Carol S. Dweck
Women Few Were Very Few Women Psychology
I was very invested in being smart and thought to be smart was more important than accomplishing anything in life. Carol S. Dweck
Life Smart Thought Important More Invested Accomplishing Very Than Being Anything Being Smart
When someone endorses a fixed mindset, it can limit them, even if they're successful at the moment, because if they start struggling and tumbling, they can lose their confidence, but also, they may not create a growth mindset environment for others. Carol S. Dweck
Confidence Lose Others Mindset Someone Struggling Environment Also Because Limit Fixed May Them Create Successful Moment Even Growth Start
I teach a freshman seminar every year, and we delve very, very deeply into their mindsets. They read scientific articles, but we also focus on what their mindset is, and they learn to recognize when they are in more of a fixed mindset, because we're all a mixture. Carol S. Dweck
Focus Year Every Mindset Mindsets Recognize More Also Learn Read Because Scientific Freshman Mixture Very Articles Seminar Fixed Teach Deeply
I have seen schools across the country working long and hard to embed a commitment to the unlimited development of every student into their cultures. The result, in terms of motivated learners and test scores, often is spectacular. Carol S. Dweck
Commitment Result Long Seen Country Every Unlimited Student Development Terms Schools Learners Test Test Scores Motivated Scores Cultures Often Working Across Hard Spectacular
The loudest voices both in the U.S. and abroad often are those that preach hatred and exclusion. But hatred and exclusion will not bring employment. Carol S. Dweck
Will Hatred Preach Loudest Those Abroad Both Voices Exclusion Employment Often Bring
We say women have made great strides: in biology, in many areas of chemistry, in many places, women are now the majority of medical students. But when I began my career, that wasn't the case. There were very strong stereotypes in biology and medicine. Carol S. Dweck
Great Women Strong Made Chemistry Biology Medicine Strides Say Case Area Students Stereotypes Majority Were Women Are Began Very Places Many Now Medical Career
Some students start thinking of their intelligence as something fixed, as carved in stone. They worry about, 'Do I have enough? Don't I have enough?' Carol S. Dweck
Intelligence Thinking Enough Worry Some Carved About Something Students Fixed Stone Start
What we found was that the greater proportion of process praise, the more likely the child was to have a mindset five years later that welcomed challenges and that represented traits as malleable, not a label you were stuck with. Carol S. Dweck
You Challenges Later Mindset More Proportion Stuck Welcomed Likely Greater Praise Were Years Label Malleable Five Child Traits Process Found
Children love this idea that their brain is like a muscle that gets stronger as they use it. Carol S. Dweck
Love Stronger Idea Like Brain Gets Children Use Muscle
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