Self-Efficacy & Mindsets
This term refers to an individual's belief in their capacity to succeed in a specific task.
What is Self-Efficacy?
SDT focuses on this type of motivation, where the reward is the enjoyment of the activity itself.
What is Intrinsic Motivation?
This term literally means "thinking about thinking."
What is Metacognition?
The physical gap between two neurons where signals jump.
What is a Synapse
These are the four houses of Hogwarts.
What are Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin?
Carol Dweck identifies this mindset as the belief that intelligence is a "muscle" that grows with effort.
What is a Growth Mindset?
This SDT need refers to the feeling of being in control of one's own choices.
What is Autonomy?
Planning, monitoring, and evaluating are the three phases of this process.
What is Self-Regulation?
This phrase summarizes Hebbian Learning: "Neurons that fire together..."
What is "wire together"?
To cast a Patronus, a wizard must focus on a powerful memory of this specific emotion.
What is Happiness/Joy?
A person who says, "I'm just naturally bad at math," is demonstrating this type of mindset.
What is a Fixed Mindset?
Getting better at a skill like piano or coding feeds this psychological need.
What is Competence?
Realizing you don't understand a paragraph and deciding to re-read it is an example of this.
What is Monitoring?
The process of the brain "cleaning up" unused connections.
What is Synaptic Pruning?
What spell did Harry Potter use in the the graveyard at Little Hangleton fighting Voldemort?
According to Bandura, this is the most powerful source of self-efficacy; actual success in a previous task.
What are Mastery Experiences?
Feeling supported by a tutor or belonging to a study group satisfies this need.
What is Relatedness?
This strategy involves explaining a concept to a "child" to check your own understanding.
What is the Feynman Technique?
This type of plasticity refers to the brain's physical growth of new synapses.
What is Structural Plasticity?
Hermione uses a Time-Turner to manage her heavy course load. In our lesson, her ability to plan and manage her learning is called this.
What is Metacognition?
Explain why a "Growth Mindset" helps a student handle a failing grade better than a "Fixed Mindset."
Growth see failure as data/feedback; Fixed sees it as a permanent reflection of their identity.
Studying only to avoid a punishment is an example of this type of motivation.
What is Extrinsic Motivation?
Why does a "Growth Mindset" improve metacognition?
Because you are more likely to monitor and change your strategies if you believe effort leads to improvement.
Name the neurotransmitter most responsible for "opening the gate" for learning (LTP).
What is Glutamate?
Neville Longbottom starts as a shy student but becomes a hero. This shift from "I can't" to "I can" shows he developed a high level of this psychological factor.
What is Self-Efficacy?