Answer each question separately with short answers
1A) Describe the difference between grit and conscientiousness?
Grit is the persistence and desire for the accomplishment of long-term goals whereas conscientiousness is a personality trait describes individuals who are reliable, organize themselves, have self-control and thorough. In addition, grit emphasizes on a long-term intensity whereas conscientiousness often focuses on short-term intensity.
2B) According to Duckworth et. al., what is the relationship between grit and education?
Grit relates with education in such a way that more adults who are educated are higher in grit than those who are less educated but of an equal age. The authors add the grit to increases the level of education. This reasoning is due to the fact that post-college graduates are higher in grit than those below. Having long term goals, therefore, enables most people to complete higher levels of education. Furthermore, students who have higher GPAs tend to be high in grit.
Resilience is any reaction to a social or academic challenge that is in most cases advantageous and optimistic for the development. In addition, it is the positive outcome that occurs despite the fact that there occurs a challenge or a serious threat to development.
4D) How do Yeager and Dweck define implicit theories with respect to student beliefs?
Yeager and Dweck give implicit theories as entity and incremental. An entity theory is a concept that explains how students believe that the intellectual ability is fixed and cannot be improved upon. On the other hand, an incremental theory explains that students believe that the intellectual ability is not fixed and thus can be improved over time.
5E). what is the difference between entity theory and incremental theory with respect to intellectual ability?
The difference between entity theory and incremental theory in terms of intellectual ability is that in entity theory, students are certain that the intellectual ability is fixed while in incremental ability; students believe that the intellectual ability can improve and develop over time.
