http://www.metafilter.com/tags/praise Posts tagged with 'praise' at MetaFilter. Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:15:39 -0800 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:15:39 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/58583/Youre%2Dso%2Dsmart%2Dyou%2Dprobably%2Dthink%2Dthis%2Dpost%2Dis%2Dabout%2Dyou <a href="http://nymag.com/news/features/27840/">"You're really smart!"</a> Psychologist <a href="http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~dweck/">Carol Dweck</a> says that praising a child for being smart only teaches the kid to avoid any effort that might fail. "When we praise children for their intelligence, we tell them that this is the name of the game: Look smart, don't risk making mistakes." Malcolm Gladwell chimes in with <a href="http://www.psychologicalscience.org/observer/getArticle.cfm?id=2026">his thoughts on the importance of being a smart kid</a>, "What a gifted child is, in many ways, is a gifted learner. And what a gifted adult is, is a gifted doer. And those are quite separate domains of achievement." tag:metafilter.com,2007:site.58583 Tue, 13 Feb 2007 07:15:39 -0800 childdevelopment dweck gladwell praise psychology revgeorge