"Praising someone's ability to work hard is more effective than gushing about how brilliant she is. Research shows that kids who are praised for their intelligence do not try as hard on future tasks. Praising smarts breeds the belief that things should come naturally - and when they don't, kids think they are no longer bright. Or they choose unchallenging paths so as not to be exposed as "frauds."
"Being praised for effort or other aspects of performance directly under your control leads to resilience, while being praised for being smart or for other innate abilities can lead to feelings of helplessness or self-doubt when a setback occurs." says psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson, associate director of the Motivation Science Center at Columbia University... When praised for persistence, those who think the path ahead will be difficult invest more effort.
... To the brain, receiving a compliment is as much as social reward as being given money."
- Psychology Today
"Being praised for effort or other aspects of performance directly under your control leads to resilience, while being praised for being smart or for other innate abilities can lead to feelings of helplessness or self-doubt when a setback occurs." says psychologist Heidi Grant Halvorson, associate director of the Motivation Science Center at Columbia University... When praised for persistence, those who think the path ahead will be difficult invest more effort.
... To the brain, receiving a compliment is as much as social reward as being given money."
- Psychology Today
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