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  2. Carol Dweck - Wikipedia

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    Carol Susan Dweck (born October 17, 1946) is an American psychologist. She holds the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professorship of Psychology at Stanford University . Dweck is known for her work on motivation and mindset .

  3. Implicit theories of intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Carol Dweck identified two different mindsets regarding intelligence beliefs. The entity theory of intelligence refers to an individual's belief that abilities are fixed traits. [4] For entity theorists, if perceived ability to perform a task is high, the perceived possibility for mastery is also high.

  4. Dweck - Wikipedia

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    Dweck or Douek (Arabic: دويك, Hebrew: דוויק, דוויך, דואק) [note 1] is a Sephardic Jewish surname, meaning "cockerel" or "long-necked earthenware jug." [ 1 ] Many of its bearers belong to a Kohenitic family originating in Aleppo , Syria .

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    Endemic to certain river systems in northern Madagascar, it can reach a length of 26 centimetres (10 inches) and features long tooth- or comb-like structures known as cteni on many of its scales. This unusual feature contributed to the decision to use the species name insolitus when the fish was first described as a new species in 2006.

  6. Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    Its main figures were Bomis CEO Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, editor-in-chief for Nupedia and later Wikipedia. [1] [21] Nupedia was initially licensed under its own Nupedia Open Content License, but before Wikipedia was founded, Nupedia switched to the GNU Free Documentation License at the urging of Richard Stallman.

  7. Name changes due to the Islamic State - Wikipedia

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    Version 0.3 of Linux distribution elementary OS — originally to be named as Isis but was renamed as Freya, a Norse goddess. [1]A mobile banking app previously known as ISIS changed its name to Softcard in 2014, stating "We have no desire to share a name with the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and our hearts go out to those affected by this violence".

  8. Mindset - Wikipedia

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    Keown and Bourke discussed the importance of a growth mindset and grit. Their 2019 study found that people with lower economic status had a greater chance of success if they had a growth mindset and were willing to work through tribulation. [38] Much of Dweck's research was related to the effect of a student's mindset on classroom performance.

  9. Success - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. Meeting or surpassing an intended goal or objective For other uses, see Success (disambiguation). A Nigerian man receives the smallpox vaccine in February 1969, as part of a global program that successfully eradicated the disease from the human population. Success is the state or ...