Editing Mindset (section)

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[[File:Fixed versus growth mindset.png|thumb|right|A well-known example of a contrasting mindset is fixed versus growth]]
A '''mindset''' refers to an established set of attitudes of a person or group concerning culture, values, philosophy, frame of reference, outlook, or disposition.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 2022 |title=mindset, n. |url=https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/252842?redirectedFrom=mindset& |website=OED Online |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref><ref>Buchanan, A. (2024). What is mindset? 100 definitions from the field. {{doi|10.31234/osf.io/5xeqv}}</ref> It may also arise from a person's [[worldview]] or beliefs about the [[meaning of life]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://web.engr.oregonstate.edu/~funkk/Personal/worldview.html|title=What is a Worldview? |access-date=2019-12-10}}</ref> 

Some scholars claim that people can have multiple types of mindsets.<ref>Buchanan, A. (2024). Mindset types: A systematic review and meta-analysis. {{doi|10.31234/osf.io/x5ge8}}</ref> Some of these types include a growth mindset, fixed mindset, poverty mindset, abundance mindset, and positive mindset among others that make up a person's overall mindset.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-14 |title=Mindset Tapping The Hidden Power Behind Every Success |url=https://online-coaching.coach/mindset/ |access-date=2023-08-09 |language=en-US}}</ref>

More broadly, scholars have found that mindset is associated with a range of functional effects in different areas of people's lives. This includes influencing a person's capacity for perception by functioning like a filter, a frame of reference, a meaning-making system, and a pattern of perception. Mindset is described as shaping a person's capacity for development by being associated with passive or conditional learning, incremental or horizontal learning, and transformative or vertical learning. Mindset is also believed to influence a person's behavior, having deliberative or implemental action phases, as well as being associated with technical or adaptive approaches to leadership.<ref name="Buchanan2024">Buchanan, A. (2024). The history of mindset: Honouring lineage, transcending partial stories, making mindset research and practice an interdisciplinary and intergenerational project. {{doi|10.31234/osf.io/dsb97}}</ref> 

A mindset could create an incentive to adopt (or accept) previous [[behavior]]s, choices, or tools, sometimes known as [[cognitive inertia]] or [[groupthink]]. When a prevailing mindset is limiting or inappropriate, it may be difficult to counteract the grip of [https://seo-summit-studio.com/mindset/ mindset] on analysis and [[decision-making]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Groupthink |website=Ethics Unwrapped |language=en-US}}</ref>

In [[cognitive psychology]], a mindset is the cognitive process activated in a task.<ref name="French2016">French, R. P., II. (2016). The fuzziness of mindsets: Divergent conceptualizations and characterizations of mindset theory and praxis. ''International Journal of Organizational Analysis'', 24(4), 673–691. {{doi|10.1108/IJOA-09-2014-0797}}</ref> In addition to the field of [[cognitive psychology]], the study of mindset is evident in the [[social science]]s and other fields (such as [[positive psychology]]). Characteristic of this area of study is its fragmentation among academic disciplines.<ref name="French2016" /><ref name="Buchanan2024" />