In this episode, Aritra and Sankalp are joined by Professor Neil Lutsky, Kenan Professor of Psychology at Carleton College. We talk about Neil’s first impressions of India, Ashoka and it’s student body. Most importantly, we discuss about the validity of the MBTI, a widely used personality test that the students were introduced to during the workshop week. The episode will be filled with exciting academic revelations and some humour!Subscribe on iTunes / other services
The idea of the growth mindset comes from a book written by a Stanford researcher Carol Dweck. The book’s title is “Mindset — The new psychology of success.” It basically claims that the mindset can significantly affect the action at hand.
Neuro-plasticity is the idea that the brain changes over time as opposed to being a fixed lump of muscle. From wiki: it refers to changes in neural pathways and synapses due to changes in behavior, environment, neural processes, thinking, emotions, as well as changes resulting from bodily injury.
