Dr. Alia Crum

Okay, so our minds can be set in many ways.

The mindsets that I'm interested in that have sort of occupied my thinking and research are the mindsets that are set by our core beliefs.

So our core beliefs are our beliefs about the essence of what something is and why it matters.

So an example.

So we have mindsets about many things in the world.

That's what we're learning today?

That's what we're learning.

And anybody can become aware of and change the settings.

Yes.

So we have mindsets about many things.

My colleague Jared Clifton does great work looking at mindsets about the world as one big place.

So do you believe the world is dangerous or safe?

That's a mindset.

Do you believe the world is just or unjust?

You know, kind of where you are on that continuum is a mindset.

Do you believe the world is abundant, you know, full of resources, enough for all of us to go around?

Or do you believe it's scarce?

That's a mindset.

Carol Dweck, David Yeager have done really good work on mindsets about intelligence or your abilities.

So do you believe that your intelligence is fixed, set in stone?