...Mental Model/Mindsets Rea Frazier OI 361 March 31, 2015 Mr. Gary Connelly Mental Model/Mindsets Mental models/mindsets are the way in which a person’s thought processes work and how something works in reality. It is an internal representation of the external realities of an individual’s surrounding and life experiences. The representations are what gives us a meaning to cause and affect and is what gives us an idea of what to expect. Mental models and mindset affect a person’s behavior and course of actions. AAA Transport is a wholesale produce transportation company, that is looking to expand from produce only Transportation to nonperishable product transportation as well. Two of their employees, Vernon and Bud, both resistant to change have opposing opinions about the change. I will be discussing Vernon and Bud’s metal model and mindsets and analyzing how they affect their decision making in the workplace. Vernon is the supervisor of AAA Transportation’s drivers and Bud works in AAA Transportation’s corporate offices. Vernon does not feel that it is in the company’s best interest to expand outside of their core business, whereas Bud feel that the AAA Transportation is not stable enough at this time to compete with establish nonperishable transportation companies. The problem is that both Vernon and Bud have been employed at AAA Transportation for over 20 years, and both have grown to be comfortable with the way the company has been for their time spent their. Vernon...
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...article also speaks about the mindset of personnel that attend training. Rosner states, in the words of Bob Pike, president of Minneapolis-based Creative Training Techniques, “Most people come to training with one of four mindsets: as a learner, a networker, a vacationer or a prisoner” (Rosner, 2009). These mindsets that people possess can make the training better or worse for the people attending it. If they come in with a learning mindset then they tend to more focused on what they are about to learn. They are more involved in the training and understand what they are there for. The networker mindset person is there for learning but they want to network with other people within the class. They are looking to make connections in order to have more connections for a later date, maybe for a better job or for something they may need in their current company. The vacationer mindset person is there to get away from everything not to learn. They want to get away from the office and enjoy their time away. The prisoner feels as if they were forced to be there and they come in mostly with a closed mind about the training they are attending. Rosner also speaks about some problems that people have within their organizations and how some of these problems are misdiagnosed because the proper people are not in the proper positions with the proper training. Rosner quotes from Valerie Oberfie, a former vice president at Disney University that has done business consulting and training for corporations...
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...perception about people around him. This is evident when Holden notices Stradlater “was finished combing his goddam gorgeous hair” (33). The use of the word “goddam” is prevalent throughout the book, characterizing Holden as someone with a limited vocabulary and a narrow view of the world. He makes no effort to change his tone or vocabulary, even when talking to people like Phoebe. Sarcasm is a common way of revealing Holden’s feelings in the story. He meets a woman whom he dances with, saying, “What a lady, boy. A queen, for Chrissake,” (72). Although Holden does not mention it to the woman, he is annoyed by her lack of interest. Instead of politely mentioning it, he continues to remain dancing with her, only trying to prevent boredom. This mindset is persistent throughout the book, which highlights Holden’s refusal to change himself. Holden has difficulties when interacting with strangers. After Holden and Sally go to a play, Sally recognizes someone on the way out. Holden describes the person as a “jerk” that “had one of those very phony, Ivy League voices, one of those very tired, snobby voices,” (128). Without even getting to know this person, Holden automatically starts to insult him using some of his favorite words like “phony”, key parts of Holden’s restricted jargon. One of the main reasons that this happens,...
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...Although fixed and growth mindsets may sound and seem similar, one subtle difference makes the two polar opposites. For instance, a person with a fixed mindset believes “He’s a natural born athlete, it’s just God’s gift so why bother trying to be as good”. People like this are under the impression that they cannot achieve greatness due to their lack of confidence in themselves. This can cause people to take major setbacks in things they love to do, which can be fatal for their well-being. On the other hand, individuals with growth mindsets think, “He’s an outstanding athlete, if I work hard and practice everyday I too can be just as good an athlete.” People with growth mindsets are much more productive because they know if somebody is better...
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...Professor Carol S. Dweck, psychology at Stanford University, well known for her work on mindset in the psychological characteristic. She was working on a study whether a child way of thinking is fixed or changeable. To her belief contrasting the two ideas of mindset can help us understand how much it shapes our lives. Dwerk input on our two ways of thinking are fixed mindset and a growth mindset. The terminologies for these words applied in their nature of the behavior of psychology word, a fixed mindset is someone who thinks people are born with the skill, don't take challenges and pessimistic. The other growth mindset is someone who believes there can always be an improvement, they work hard, take challenges, put in effort and optimistic....
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...The way we think and the way we perceive how we progress in life is characterized by the type of mindset that we have individually. In the article by Maria Popova she talks about how there is two types of mindsets the fixed and growth mindsets. The fixed mindset is the mindset of fearing to be wrong or the mindset that doesn’t want to keep on learning and become more intelligent but rather keep working the same problems to be perceived as smart. On the other hand, the growth mindset is the type of mindset where someone is more open to learning from mistakes and accepts new challenges in order to gain intelligence not just act intelligent. In my opinion I think that I relate most with the fixed mindset. As bad as it may seem after reading...
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...Paragraph 1 – A group came to Dweck, a psychology professor, to ask why their athletes were not motivated to train more (talent was not a problem, the athletes were very skilled). Paragraph 2 – The suspected problem with the athletes was the belief ‘that star players are born – not made’ Working hard means the players are admitting a lack of talent. The star players are confident in their abilities. QUESTION What motivates you to work at something? Are ‘stars’ born? Or can people work hard to achieve the same ‘star’ status? Can confidence cause laziness? What was the ‘mind-set’ of the athletes? (see the chart and explain your answer to the group) Paragraph 3 – Dweck’s introduction and basic research. Dweck studies what makes people ‘reach their potential’ while other’s fail. Dweck said the reason why some try harder when other’s give up is how people view ‘ability.’ Dweck said people view ‘ability’ as either (1) something that comes naturally or (2) something that is developed through practice Paragraph 4 – Research Findings – If people open their mind to making an effort, big improvements are possible. QUESTION What does it mean to ‘reach your potential’? What is something you feel prevents your from reaching your potential when learning to do something new? What is the dictionary definition of ‘ability’? (search and scribe) Which definition of ‘ability’ do you agree with? What would you say most people in your culture agree with? In your opinion, how...
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...towards some students, challenges can be detrimental for students who lack confidence. For instance, some students develop a mentality of despair; they believe that if one has to work hard, then the person does not have the natural ability for the assignment. Based on the effects of adversity aforementioned, I believe that students can both benefit from the obstacles faced in school with the proper mentality or the effects could be hindering. Students face adversity every day, regardless of how transparent the obstacle may be; some problems may not be as evident as others. According to Carol S. Dweck, author of Brainology, all students face adversities throughout their high-school career, specifically, the challenge of overcoming a fixed mindset. In this excerpt, “The belief that intelligence is fixed dampened students’ motivation to learn, made them afraid of effort, and made them want to quit after a setback”, Carol portrays the illusion that students have over intuitive intelligence (Dweck 2). Students who share this belief of a...
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...Through the video and three articles, I have read that growth mindsets seem to be a better way of learning if taught at a young age. The younger a child is, the more their brain has room to consume newer information. When a child learns earlier on that there is a better option than giving up, they can then grow up to continue that mindset and help improve the production of their jobs, as the article “How Companies Can Profit From a ‘Growth Mindsets’.” states. I have also learned that the growth mindset can improve the overall thought process of a person and help them feel better about themselves through proper praising. Instead of praising children through intelligence, praising them when they truly need it is key. When the child is praised properly they learn that learning something and not being able to grasp it right away is not at all bad; it is just that the brain has not found a way for it to work for that person yet. In Dweck’s Ted Talk, she talked about the word ‘Yet”. The word is very important within the Growth mindset....
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...Piazza Ms. Cavalani ENC 1101-37633 January 25, 2013 Playing the Game Regardless of who we are, all of us have a fear of not succeeding. We have to learn how to overcome these obstacles at some point in our lives. It is more than just luck, it is a mindset. Once we find that mindset we will be able to succeed in everything we do as long as we believe we can. I happen to figure that out on a softball field, and have been able to apply it to every other situation in my life, and has succeed since then It is something that everyone and anyone can do, the problem most will have is changing their ways. Once thinking and doing something your whole life it becomes very hard to change the way you live. But once making this decision, your whole life will change. My coach told me one more run, and we will win the game! We can move onto finals! And that all I had to do was hit the ball, that I could do it. I believed him. I heard the crowd cheering me on, I’ve never heard so much cheering before. I took a breath, slow and deep, and took in the moment. It was the middle of summer, I was out of breath, the air was dry, and the sun beaming down on us. As I looked around, I could see the exhaustion in both teams faces. The sweat dripping down our faces; while both teams wanted to win, the look in our faces also said I can’t wait for this to be over. Both coaches chanted to their teams, pushing us through the last few minutes of the game. While you could see the exhaustion in our faces...
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...future Vision and Scholarships…………………………………………………..7 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………….7 References……………………………………………………………………………………….8 Abstract This paper explains the visions and goals of a psychology practitioner who specifies in the Community Psychology. It explores the passions that associated this particular field of psychology. It will define and describe what “Community Psychology” is and the needed skills, abilities, and requirements that associated with the field. While exploring the field of Community Psychology, intertwining the visions and goals of the practitioner with specifics that will assist with the passion to achieve those goals and visions is explored. The practitioner’s compassion for intercity youth’s mindset, their behavioral relationship with positive role models, and practices that can assist with the findings will also be investigated. Finally, the evaluation of the research found and the fit it has on the integration of scholarships in the field of Community Psychology is that in a community with needs there is always room for other practitioner scholar. Through observations...
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...human right to children, all children, to live in places that create that growth to live in places filled with yet. This quote really goes deep into a Growth mindset and how important it is. People who have a growth mindset tend to be successful and learn more new things each day. This is quote talks about how it’s waste of time not to have a growth mindset because we’re not going to be learning or experiencing a great thing. If we don’t have growth in life then our life...
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...can determine so much in a lifetime. Webster dictionary determines this as mindset, which is defined as mental attitude or inclination. There has much current research into mindset; a Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck published research about this topic titled, Mindset: The New Psychology of success. She states that what we think and feel about ourselves determines what outcomes you will have. She separates mindset into two types. A “fixed intelligence mindset”, according to Dweck, holds on to the belief that a persons intelligence, character, and creativity are all static givens that they can change, and that the affirmation of that inherent intelligence is success. To carry on the sense of being smart of skilled in a fixed mines, one must strive for success and avoid failure at all costs. This basically means that they believe their basic characteristics, intelligence and it can not change. The other type is a “growth intelligence mindset” seeks challenge and believes that failure is not a proof...
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...Growth Mindset Leads To Success You may have wondered how some people are successful and others are not. Before we talk about how they do it, we need to know what the word “success” means. To some people, success just means earning a lot of money. To others, it means achieving their goals whatever they may be. Everyone thinks that success is based on luck and talent. But that is not always the case. Research psychologist Carol Dweck has been doing a study on students in class. She discovered that some people have something called a fixed mindset in which they believe that their intelligence will stay the same no matter what. On the other hand some people have a growth mindset where they believe that they will become smarter and...
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...As the book continues, the focus becomes how the two mindsets in actuality impact the forms of thinking that lead to achievement or failure. The main topic is how the mindsets become traps that can set the stage for future achievement or failure. The fixed mindset becomes fearful of trying or experiencing new things, once a failure is experienced. This has the effect of limiting the likelihood of new accomplishments and creates a protective veneer around existing abilities so that they can remain successful. The fixed mindset is protective of maintaining what it knows it can conquer, rather than attempting new possibilities. This in turn limits future possibilities, which could potentially be achievable. By distinction, a growth mindset is...
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