Free Ebooks: Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development (Essays in Social Psychology) PDF

Free Ebooks Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development (Essays in Social Psychology) PDF

By Carol Dweck

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“Good books don’t give up all their secrets at once.” –Stephen King

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This innovative text sheds light on how people work -- why they sometimes function well and, at other times, behave in ways that are self-defeating or destructive. The author presents her groundbreaking research on adaptive and maladaptive cognitive-motivational patterns and shows:

* How these patterns originate in people's self-theories
* Their consequences for the person -- for achievement, social relationships, and emotional well-being
* Their consequences for society, from is...