entity view/theory

English to Russian Social Sciences Psychology Motivation theories

Dweck and her colleagues have proposed a model of individual differences centred on beliefs concerning ability or other human attributes (Dweck et al., 1995; Dweck, 1996, 1999). Initially in the domain of intelligence, and more recently extended to include views of morality and stereotyping, Dweck and colleagues have proposed that two clusters of beliefs underpin people’s judgements and actions (Dweck and Leggett, 1988; Dweck, 1992, 1996; Dwecket al., 1995; Levy et al., 1998; Mueller and Dweck,1998). These beliefs centre on the way people view the malleability of attributes such as intelligence. Those subscribing to the view that a particular attribute is fixed and relatively stable hold an ‘entity’ view or ‘entity theory’. Conversely, those seeing the attribute aschangeable and open to development hold an ‘incre-mental’ view or theory.

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Dweck and Leggett (1988) and Elliot and Dweck (2005) proposed a social-cognitive model of achievement motivation. Similar to task and ego goal orientations, achievement behavior patterns are explained by how participants view their ability. Participants who are characterized by an entity view adopt an ego goal focus, where they see their ability as fixed and unable to be changed through effort, or an incremental focus, where they adopt a task goal perspective and believe they can change their ability through hard work and effort.