Author(s): Gál É; Tóth-Király I; Orosz G;

A growing body of literature supports that fixed intelligence mindset promotes the emergence of maladaptive emotional reactions, especially when self-threat is imminent. Previous studies have confirmed that in adverse academic situations, students endorsing fixed intelligence mindset experience higher levels of negative emotions, although little is known ...

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Author(s): Peter Seraganian

This commentary focuses upon the robustness of the Kamin Blocking Effect (KBE) that Maes et al., (2016), based upon 15 failures to replicate, have questioned. This challenge to KBE robustness has not gone unaddressed. Soto (2018) outlined conceptual as well as methodological issues that cast doubt on the validity of the Maes et al., (2016) critique. Despi ...

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