ago
and Stanford University who Encouragement and praise can come in many forms, and some
studied mother-child interactions over the course of several years found that the type of praise
at the University of C
hers, R
children receive affects their attitudes toward challenges later in life
Specifically, praise that came with feedback about their behavior and the choices that toddlers
ed with
made helped them to cope better with difficult experiences five years later
compliments that focused more on the child himself
e“ You te a
dv of praise and childhood
the journal Child Dewelopment, is the first may
levelopment done outside of a lab setting
This is something we suspected would be the case based on a lot of experimental research, and
nt professor of
psychology at Temple University, "Praising the cfforts and actions of the kid is going to be me
y
beneficial in their long-term Persistence and desire to be challenged and work hard in the future
Such "process praise "includes commer
tly
inherent qualities. These distinctions
of psychology, bu
aren t new in the
always
ied their daily interactions wi
sessions. Five years later, the researchers followed up with the families, measuring the childre
1 and 3 yea
with more PI
e open to ch
challenge, and were able to identify more ways of overcoming difficult problems
They were also more likely to say they could improve intelligence with hard work. W
praise didn't seem to have any negative effect on the children, the study suggests that proces pras
teaches children that their talents and abilities can be developed, while person prase sends the
message that their abilities are fixed and not easily altered
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