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 _____________

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 __________ 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 __________ and hard work - brains and talent are just the starting point.

better in quality than somebody or something else

• wise

• enjoyable

• limitless

• superior