HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How Do I Have a Growth Mindset? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
A growth mindset is the belief that abilities can grow with effort, good methods, and help from others. A fixed mindset is the belief that abilities are set. The idea comes from research by Carol Dweck and others (Dweck and Leggett, 1988; Dweck, 2006). Later studies find that mindset has small to modest links with learning, and that results depend on the setting and on how it is taught (Sisk and others, 2018). Researchers also warn that a "false growth mindset", such as praising effort that is not working, does not help (Dweck, 2016).
This test looks at five areas: believing you can improve, welcoming challenges, valuing effort, learning from feedback and mistakes, and learning from other people's success. Each area has eight sentences. Half describe a growth habit and half describe the opposite, so you cannot get a high score just by agreeing with everything. Each answer gives 0 to 4 points.
Each area score runs from 0 to 100, and a higher score means a stronger growth mindset. Your overall score is the average of the five. Scores are read as Low (0 to 33), Medium (34 to 66), or High (67 to 100). These levels show how you answered. They do not compare you with other people.
PersonalitySite.com wrote all of these questions and descriptions. They are not copied from any other test.
What it cannot tell you
This test is for learning about yourself. It is not a diagnosis, and it does not measure ability or intelligence. Do not use it to hire, judge, rank, or grade people.
Research on mindset is still debated. The effects are usually modest, and a growth mindset does not make up for a lack of good teaching, time, or support. It is one helpful habit, not a guarantee.
Mindset also varies by topic. You may have a growth mindset about cooking and a fixed one about math. This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.