A Novel Approach to Investigate the Impact of Mindset and Physiology on the Choice to Invest Effort during an Arithmetic Task
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| Title: | A Novel Approach to Investigate the Impact of Mindset and Physiology on the Choice to Invest Effort during an Arithmetic Task |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Nieuwenhuis, Smiddy (ORCID |
| Source: | Mind, Brain, and Education. May 2023 17(2):123-131. |
| Availability: | Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
| Page Count: | 9 |
| Publication Date: | 2023 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Undergraduate Students, Physiology, World Views, Individual Development, Decision Making, Intention, Motivation, Learning Activities, Failure |
| DOI: | 10.1111/mbe.12356 |
| ISSN: | 1751-2271 1751-228X |
| Abstract: | Growth mindset, the belief that personal attributes such as intelligence are malleable, has previously been related to more effort investment. Here, we investigated how undergraduates' mindset (N = 114) relates to the choice to invest effort during an arithmetic task, indexed by whether they make low vs. high effort-related choices. Social cognitive theory suggests that past performance experiences (mastery vs. failure) and physiological state are important sources for competence self-evaluations. Therefore, in addition to mindset, we also investigated how effort-related choices are influenced more dynamically, by failures and physiological responses during the task. Growth mindset and physiological effort mobilization did not predict effort-related choices but making mistakes did predict lower effort choices in the subsequent round. This study further supports the importance of mastery experiences for effort investment and provides a novel approach for integrating different levels of influence on effort-related choices during an educationally-relevant task. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2023 |
| Accession Number: | EJ1379040 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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| Abstract: | Growth mindset, the belief that personal attributes such as intelligence are malleable, has previously been related to more effort investment. Here, we investigated how undergraduates' mindset (N = 114) relates to the choice to invest effort during an arithmetic task, indexed by whether they make low vs. high effort-related choices. Social cognitive theory suggests that past performance experiences (mastery vs. failure) and physiological state are important sources for competence self-evaluations. Therefore, in addition to mindset, we also investigated how effort-related choices are influenced more dynamically, by failures and physiological responses during the task. Growth mindset and physiological effort mobilization did not predict effort-related choices but making mistakes did predict lower effort choices in the subsequent round. This study further supports the importance of mastery experiences for effort investment and provides a novel approach for integrating different levels of influence on effort-related choices during an educationally-relevant task. |
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| ISSN: | 1751-2271 1751-228X |
| DOI: | 10.1111/mbe.12356 |
