Jayden is learning to play badminton. After repeatedly missing a difficult serve, he says, “I do not have the natural ability for this,” and chooses to practise only easy serves. His coach later says, “Your serving improved because you kept practising and changed your technique.” Jayden then attempts a more difficult serve.
State the mindset shown by Jayden when he says that he does not have the natural ability for serving.
Using Dweck's mindset theory, explain why the coach's praise may lead Jayden to attempt a more difficult serve.
104 exam-style questions on OCR GCSE Psychology 2.2 Theories/Explanations, covering 2.2.1 Piaget's four invariant stages, 2.2.2 Assimilation and accommodation, 2.2.3 Object permanence, animism, egocentrism, 2.2.4 Decentration, reversibility, conservation; criticisms, 2.2.5 Cognitive Development research study: Piaget (1952), 2.2.6 Dweck's fixed and growth mindsets, 2.2.7 Willingham's learning styles and meaning; criticisms, and 2.2.8 Learning research study: Blackwell et al. (2007). Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.