This study investigates the relationship between a growth mindset and grit. The subjects involved in this are students from high public private schools Purbalingga, Central Java (n=418). research method used is quantitative with data collection through three sets of questionnaires, i.e., Mindset Scale (20 items, α=0.804) Grit for Children Adult (12 α=0.774). Results indicated positive correlati...

The present study was conducted to investigate the comparative impacts of three types of EFL teach- ers' mindsettings on EFL learners' grammar achievement. The participants of the study were English Translation undergraduate students (both female and male with the age ranging of 18-35) who were selected according to convenience non-random sampling from three classes of English Grammar 1 at both...

Two largely separate bodies of empirical research have shown that academic achievement is influenced by structural factors, such as socioeconomic background, and psychological factors, such as students' beliefs about their abilities. In this research, we use a nationwide sample of high school students from Chile to investigate how these factors interact on a systemic level. Confirming prior res...

Many of the jokes people enjoy carry a certain degree of moral violation. Since displaying humor often requires committing benign moral violations, we hypothesize that 1) a moral mindset stifles humor and 2) morally-focused people are less humorous, and are therefore less liked by their workplace peers. Participants primed with a moral mindset were less likely to appreciate humor that involved ...

Background: Women in mathematical domains may become attuned to situational cues that signal a discredited social identity, contributing to their lower achievement and underrepresentation. Aim: The current study examined whether heightened ingroup representation alleviates the effects of stereotype threat on women’s mathematical performance. It further investigated whether single-sex testing en...

When designing adaptive tutoring systems, a myriad of psychological theories must be taken into account. Popular notion follows cognitive theory in supporting multi-channel processing, while working under assumptions that pedagogical agents and affect detection are of the utmost significance. However, motivation and affect are complex human characteristics that can muddle human-computer interac...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Prior research suggests that altering situation-specific evaluations of stress as challenging versus threatening can improve responses to stress. The aim of the current study was to explore whether cognitive, physiological and affective stress responses can be altered independent of situation-specific evaluations by changing individuals' mindsets about the nature of st...