Neuroplasticity Worksheet

Many students search for answers to pass tests and quizzes every day. They try many different ways to pass, but do not plan to improve on their difficult subjects. They tend to focus on what they cannot do rather than what they can develop on. These people can change their negative views about themselves by developing a growth mindset. This concept was created by psychologist Carol Dweck. The growth mindset helps many people change their pessimistic behavior by working and growing on their flaws. Many people thought that the brain does not change after childhood. For a few years, scientists studied a way to adjust the brain by a method called Neuroplasticity. It is a process that helps to develop a growth mindset. In Neuroplasticity, “the brain rewires itself by forming new connections and weakening old ones.” (Hampton 1) This helps the person develop a new positive way of thinking and eliminates their old habits. The brain strengthens itself every time a person thinks differently. Every person, young or old, has the ability to change their mindset.

According to Angela Duckworth, “grit is a passion and perseverance for very long-term goals.” People with grit are motivated to complete many goals they set for themselves. They are also determined to challenge themselves more because they “do not believe that failure is a permanent condition.” (Duckworth) Grit improves the person’s Many people have a fixed mindset. People with this mindset believe that they cannot change or improve on their different characteristics. Dr. Dweck studied students by giving them three separate tests. The studies showed that students with a fixed mindset did twenty percent worst and continued to do poorly. Students with fixed mindsets also feel that they have to prove to be better than everybody else. They have too much pride in themselves that they passed up an opportunity to grow by learning from their