Carol Susan Dweck (b.1946) is an American psychologist well known for her work on mindset and human behaviors. Her research examines the self-conceptions people use to structure the self and guide their behaviors.
Born in New York City, Dweck got a B.A. in Psychology from Barnard College in 1967 and a PhD from Yale in 1972. She taught at Columbia University, Harvard University, and the University of Illinois before joining Stanford University in 2004.
An expert on the mindset psychological trait, Dweck researches “growth mindset,” the notion that ability is malleable. Dweck has argued that people’s self-conceptions allow them to grow their brains’ capacity to learn and solve problems.
Dweck’s books include Self-Theories: Motivation, Personality, and Development (1999,) Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (2006,) and Mindset: How You Can Fulfill Your Potential (2012.)
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Your mind is like a muscle. The more you use it, the more it grows.
—Carol Dweck
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