ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2019
Perception about the Malleability of Fluid Versus Crystallized Intelligence: When Intelligence Is Dissected
- Xin Sun
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, ANN ARBOR - Priti Shah
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - Shaylene Nancekivell
University of Michigan - Susan Gelman
University of Michigan
Abstract
Two studies examined individuals’ beliefs about different types of intelligence. Study 1 recreated Dweck’s (2000) mindset questionnaire and found that people hold fixed-beliefs about fluid intelligence (FI) and growth-beliefs about crystallized intelligence (CI). Study 2 used a switched-at-birth paradigm and found individuals hold more essentialist beliefs about FI than CI.
Individual Differences
