mindset

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Students tend to like friendly teachers, but they like those who believe they can improve even more, new research indicates. Students in a study still responded positively to instructors described as being cold but who also had a growth mindset, meaning they felt students' ability in a subject could improve by…

Joshua Wöhle Contributor Joshua Wöhle is CEO at Mindstone, transforming daily learning from articles, podcasts, and videos into a quantifiable skills profile, much like LinkedIn. He personalizes your learning experience but also aligns it with your career goals or your company's objectives, making every learning moment count. My career is rooted in the tech industry, but the lessons learned there are universally applicable across all sectors. Tech has…

Mock news website. Note. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three website versions (like the screenshot shown here), each which presented a different set of 13 news stories (and one faux advertisement). Participants could not click on the website banner. The order in which news stories were presented for each participant was randomized. Credit: Communication Research (2023). DOI: 10.1177/00936502231215528 Many adults…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In the face of rampant disinformation, Professor Ruth Mayo from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem delivers a fresh perspective on the cognitive mindsets influencing our susceptibility to false information. Her comprehensive review challenges the prevailing belief that trust or distrust alone is the answer in combating disinformation. …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The relative underperformance of disadvantaged students at school has little do with them lacking the "character," attitude, or mindset of their wealthier peers, despite widespread claims to the contrary, new research indicates. The findings are published in Sociology of Education. The study, which analyzed data from more…

I t’s nearly two weeks until Chika’s debut album drops, and two stylists — one for her locs and one for her makeup — are hovering around her near the door of a New York City hotel room. Even as the women buzz around her, preparing her for the photoshoot accompanying this interview, she’s trying to keep an eye on me. She’s playful, animated, and occasionally firm as she talks to me via Zoom through a laptop angled at her chair. “Sorry, should I look up?” she asks the makeup artist.  Things are, in fact,…

In one respect, the actors and writers of Hollywood uniting on the picket lines in a historic, industry-shaking strike is a tale as old as time: one of workers fighting bosses for better pay. Yet the reason this battle is shaping up to be so uniquely intractable and momentous — as you might have gathered from all the headlines about artificial intelligence and streaming economics — is very much of our moment.But it’s not, ultimately, technology that’s at the root of the problem. It’s that the studio executives both new…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain By reflecting every now and then on what they want to achieve in their job, teachers can boost their students' motivation. As well as their own. The less teachers believe that it's necessary for students to have an innate talent in order to perform well, the more they will boost motivation and success in…

A study by psychologists at the University of Bonn reveals that pregnant women’s mindsets can influence childbirth outcomes, with those viewing it as a natural process requiring less medical intervention and experiencing more positive birth experiences. This research highlights the importance of psychological factors in childbirth and the need to support expectant mothers in their differing mindsets to enable positive, self-determined birthing experiences.A University of Bonn study found that if birth is perceived as a…

Too Long; Didn't ReadI sat together (virtually) with Amir Movafaghi, CEO at Mixpanel, to better understand the evolution and consumerization of data analytics and what the future holds for it. Before joining Mixpanel, Amir served as CFO at Spiceworks Inc., an online community where users can collaborate and seek advice from one another, and also engage in a marketplace to purchase IT-related services. Previously, he held various leadership roles at Twitter Inc., where, according to TheOrg.Com, he helped scale the company…