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Question 6

Which statement accurately describes fixed and growth mindsets?

[1]
A

Willingham argues that practice and effort support cognitive, physical and social development.

B

A fixed mindset treats ability as stable, whereas a growth mindset treats ability as improvable through effort and effective strategies.

C

Piaget proposed the sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational and formal operational stages, in that order.

D

Piaget's theory proposes qualitative changes in thinking across four stages.

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1.1 Development Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Psychology
  3. /1.1 Development

40 exam-style questions on Edexcel GCSE Psychology 1.1 Development, covering 1.1.1 Early brain development, 1.1.2 Piaget's Theory of Cognitive Development, 1.1.3 Dweck's mindset theory, and 1.1.4 Willingham's learning theory. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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