mindsets
Ways of thinking
Mindsets are habitual attitudes or mental frameworks that shape how someone interprets and responds to situations.
A growth mindset sees abilities as developable through effort; a fixed mindset sees them as innate.
The term often appears in self-help and business contexts: Changing your mindset can transform your approach to challenges.
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- staticWithout motion or change
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
- entrenchedFirmly established, resistant to change
unchanging · limiting · defensive · closed · stubborn · resistant · self-defeating · perfectionist
Drawing logical conclusions
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
- thoughtMental concept or reflection
understanding · judgment · comprehension · insight · logic · analysis · schemas · heuristics
Gaining knowledge gradually
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- improvementPositive change in quality
- potentialLatent capacity for development
- progressMovement toward improvement
adaptability · curiosity · plasticity · transformation · self-improvement · expansion · possibility · abundance
Trust without proof
- convictionFirmly held belief
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
- ideologyStructured belief framework
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
principles · assumptions · paradigm · philosophy · creed · dogma · doctrine · orthodoxy
Brain's self-rewiring ability
- behaviorismPsychology studying observable conduct
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- cognitive-behavioralRelating thought to action
- therapyCurative mental treatment
conditioning · self-efficacy · attribution · reframing · priming · anchoring
Tendency to expect good
- pessimismExpecting unfavorable outcomes
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
- negativityDisposition toward pessimism
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
determination · confidence · enthusiasm · apathy · indifference · perseverance · patience · impatience
rigid
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- staticWithout motion or change
- stagnantWithout movement or progress
entrenched · unchanging · limiting · defensive · closed · stubborn · resistant · self-defeating · perfectionist · scarcity
reasoning
Drawing logical conclusions
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- cognitionMental knowledge acquisition
thought · understanding · judgment · comprehension · insight · logic · analysis · schemas · heuristics · biases
learning
Gaining knowledge gradually
- developmentProgress toward maturity
- improvementPositive change in quality
- potentialLatent capacity for development
progress · adaptability · curiosity · plasticity · transformation · self-improvement · expansion · possibility · abundance · empowerment
faith
Trust without proof
- convictionFirmly held belief
- worldviewComprehensive belief framework
- ideologyStructured belief framework
values · principles · assumptions · paradigm · philosophy · creed · dogma · doctrine · orthodoxy · fundamentalism
neuroplasticity
Brain's self-rewiring ability
- behaviorismPsychology studying observable conduct
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- cognitive-behavioralRelating thought to action
therapy · conditioning · self-efficacy · attribution · reframing · priming · anchoring
optimism
Tendency to expect good
- pessimismExpecting unfavorable outcomes
- positivityHopeful mental orientation
- negativityDisposition toward pessimism
resilience · determination · confidence · enthusiasm · apathy · indifference · perseverance · patience · impatience · complacency
- perspectivesviewpoints, viewpoint, point of view, POV, opinions
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- assertionsassertions, asserting, assert, statements, stating
- schemasschemas, schemata, mental models, data model, star schema
mindsetsopen-mindedness
Acceptance of differing viewpoints
flexibility · adaptability · cognitive flexibility · mental agility · receptivity
mindsetsimpulses
Sudden inclinations to act
whims · gut reactions · snap judgments · knee-jerk reactions · instincts
- growth mindsetBelief abilities improve through effort
- competitive mindsetMental drive to outperform
- fixed mindsetBelief abilities are innate
- us vs them mindsetViewing others as opposition
- poverty mindsetBelief that resources are limited
- abundance mindsetBelief in plentiful resources