2018 · 04. June 2018

In last week's Southern Star, I explored why when it comes to children, effort-based praise is better than personal praise. The column is reproduced below. It’s important to praise children but be careful – sometimes, the wrong type of praise can backfire. Psychological studies show praising children for their effort, for example, is very different to praising children for their intelligence. In one important study, a group of children were given some relatively easy puzzles to solve. After...