PSY 4190: Child Development

IF you use any other scholarly resources, make sure to cite them! 

In Chapter 9 of your textbook, you’ve been learning about Carol Dweck’s Theory of Self-Attributions and Achievement Motivation and different types of achievement motivations (p. 330-332). The provided doc has pages 330-332 from the textbook. 

Discuss the two different patterns of achievement motivation described by Dweck and the different attributions children make about themselves regarding their self-esteem.

Then, recall your own attributions for academic successes and failures when you were in elementary school. What are those attributions like now? What messages from others may have contributed to your attributions?

• What recommendations could you make to parents and teachers of toddlers/preschoolers to foster a mastery orientation and incremental theory of intelligence in children? How should praise and criticism be worded? Use the information in the textbook to frame and formulate your answers.
• What recommendations could you make to parents and teachers of young school age children to foster a mastery orientation and incremental theory of intelligence in children? How should praise and criticism be worded? Use the information in the textbook to frame and formulate your answers.
• What recommendations could you make to parents and teachers of middle school children (7th graders) to foster a mastery orientation and incremental theory of intelligence in children? How should praise and criticism be worded? Use the information in the textbook to frame and formulate your answers.