Mindsets and human nature: Promoting change in the middle east, the schoolyard, the racial divide, and willpower

American Psychologist

Volumn 67, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 614-622

  Dweck, Carol S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conflict resolution; Human nature; Implicit theories; Mindsets; Prejudice

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; MIDDLE EAST; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENT;

ACHIEVEMENT; CULTURE; HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS;

EID: 84874013785     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029783     Document Type: Article

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