Autism and Williams Syndrome
by Tager-Flusberg,HelenFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2020-12-01
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary
This book presents a new perspective on the development of theory of mind based on an integration of empirical research that has been conducted on autism and William's syndrome.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Introduction | |
| What promotes adaptive motivation? Four beliefs and four truths about ability, success, praise, and confidence | |
| When failure undermines and when failure motivates: Helpless and Mastery-Oriented Responses | |
| Achievement goals: Looking smart vs. learning | |
| Is intelligence fixed or changeable? Stuedents' theories about their intelligence foster their achievement goals | |
| Theories of intelligence predict (and create) differences in achievement | |
| Theories of intelligence create high and low effort | |
| Theories and goals predict self-esteem loss and depressive reactions | |
| Why confidence and success are not enough | |
| What is IQ and does it matter? | |
| Believing in fixed social traits: Impact on social coping | |
| Judging and labeling others: Another effect of implicit theories | |
| Belief in the potential to change | |
| Hoding and forming stereotypes | |
| How does it all begin? Young children's theories about goodness and badness | |
| Kinds of praise and criticism: The origins of vulnerability | |
| Praising intelligence: More praise that backfires | |
| Misconceptions about self-esteem and about how to foster it | |
| Personality, motivation, development, and the self: Theoretical reflections | |
| Final thoughts on controversial issues | |
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