In this episode, I explore the origins of growth and fixed mindset research — revisiting three of the earliest studies that shaped the theory. We often use “mindset” as a simple label, but what did the original research actually reveal about how people respond to failure?

Rather than treating mindset as a static label, I focus on its original intent: exploring how individuals interpret and respond to failure, and what that tells us about learning behaviour in accounting education.

References:

Dweck, C. S., & Leggett, E. L. (1988). A Social-Cognitive Approach to Motivation and Personality. Psychological Review.

Diener, C. I., & Dweck, C. S. (1978). An Analysis of Learned Helplessness: Continuous Changes in Performance, Strategy, and Achievement Cognitions Following Failure. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 451–462.

Dweck, C. S., & Reppucci, N. D. (1973). Learned helplessness and reinforcement responsibility in children. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 25(1), 109–116. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0034248