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That doesn't explain why the other group of kids did well. Presumably they should have been just as bored.
by roundsquare 17y ago
That doesn't explain why the other group of kids did well. Presumably they should have been just as bored.
- bd 17y agoThey were praised for being "hard workers" meaning they could expect social approval for chugging through boring tasks. The first group already got their social approval for being smart. Once labeled "smart", they already "knew" they were smart. But ones that were labeled "hard workers" needed to keep up "hard work" to retain the (desired positive) label. Just compare: "I'm still smart, even if I performed bad on boring task." vs. "I'm still hard worker, even if I didn't put much effort into boring task."