Chapter1_Reading1_Up Your Brain Power

A person’s ability to achieve something or succeed in something in the future

• Aptitude

• Potential

• Optimism

"Empowering yourself" means (a)  

People with fixed mindsets believe that intelligence and talent are givens and that they are basic qualities that cannot be changed.

 

• TRUE

• FALSE

A feeling and attitude of hope

• Resilience

• Emotional

• Optimism

Synonym of "construct" .....

• Seek

• Stimulate

• Create

Help something to grow or become active

• create

• stimulate

• construct

• resilience

A person’s ability to succeed after a bad or difficult situation

• mindset

• metacognition

• resilience

• potential

When you know more about your brain, you begin to recognize and value (a)   progress, all the small, gradual gains that result from your effort.

According to Dweck, people with growth mindsets believe that their abilities can be developed through (a)   and hard work - brains and talent are just the starting point.

better in quality than somebody or something else

• wise

• enjoyable

• limitless

• superior