fiiixxxed mindset!

1. Which mindset do you think you are a part of when it comes to "intelligence"? According to the reading, what tells you that you are of this mindset?
2. How has this mindset helped or hurt you in math?
3. What is your reaction to finding out that the brain is just a big muscle that can be trained?
4. How do you see this new piece of information affecting your future?


1. my mindset about intelligence is a fixed mindset. What tells me im this mindset is the effort part. After working on something for a long time i end up in the same place i began, then that's a back breaker and i just stop and move on to doing something else.

2. this mindset hasn't really helped me much, since i try to get everything right at the first try, and if i try something a few times i just get frustrated and move one to the next thing. usually i try to find a way so i can remember how to do something easier , so i wont confuse myself, but its hard since sometimes i cant solve some problems and get frustrated.

3. I already knew that is was a big muscle that can be trained, and i also know that you have to train it. By training it is practicing something the right way, or understanding something and practicing it so it stays in the brain and i can easily remember it. Its just the effort that i fall sometimes short off, i get lazy or thing that i will do good enough with the basics and don't really push myself to train my brain.

4. It will affect it i think a lot. It sort of give me motivation to try harder in things like my homework and not just try it and stop, but actually try it and try to figure out why i don't understand the homework. I think i will start to have better habits, like study habits, since studying is a big part of passing or understanding anything, or it makes it a lot easier!