To me it seems like "growth mindset" is a buzzword that everyone defines differently.
The weak version is something like: "Even talented people need to work on improving themselves, if they want to be successful." Most people would agree with this.
The strong version is something like: "If people believe that there is such a thing as talent, they automatically stop working on improving themselves." This is used to justify things like: "never tell your kids that they are talented or intelligent, you must attribute all their success to their hard work". In my opinion, this is a false dilemma: there can be things like talent or intelligence, and hard work can be necessary to succeed among those who are comparably talented or intelligent.
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I'm not a research psychologist, but my understanding is that growth mindset is already non-replicating.
To me it seems like "growth mindset" is a buzzword that everyone defines differently.
The weak version is something like: "Even talented people need to work on improving themselves, if they want to be successful." Most people would agree with this.
The strong version is something like: "If people believe that there is such a thing as talent, they automatically stop working on improving themselves." This is used to justify things like: "never tell your kids that they are talented or intelligent, you must attribute all their success to their hard work". In my opinion, this is a false dilemma: there can be things like talent or intelligence, and hard work can be necessary to succeed among those who are comparably talented or intelligent.
This seems like something that could (does) also apply to "stereotype threat."