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A Mindset Workshop: This workshop was developed with Lisa Sorich Blackwell with grants from the William T. Grant Foundation and the Spencer Foundation: L. S. Blackwell, C. S. Dweck, and K. Trzesniewski, Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition: A Longitudinal Study and an Intervention, 2003. I would also like to acknowledge other psychologists who have developed their own student workshops based on the growth mindset: Jeff Howard, founder of the Efficacy Institute, and Joshua Aronson, Catherine Good, and Michael Inzlicht of New York University and Columbia University.

“Many people think of the brain”: This was written for the workshop by Lisa Sorich Blackwell.

Brainology: The Brainology computer-based program was also developed with Lisa Sorich Blackwell, with a grant from the William T. Grant Foundation.

Psychologists Karen Horney and Carl Rogers: Karen Horney, Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward Self-Realization (New York: Norton, 1950); Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis (New York: Norton, 1945). Carl R. Rogers, Client-Centered Therapy (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1951); On Becoming a Person (New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1961).

Research by Peter Gollwitzer: Peter M. Gollwitzer, “Implementation Intentions: Strong Effects of Simple Plans,” American Psychologist 54 (1999), 493–503.

Mindset and Willpower: I am researching this issue with Abigail Scholer, Eran Magen, and James Gross.

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