Carol S. Dweck

American psychologist · United States · On the map · Academics · Born 1946 · age 80

Carol Susan Dweck is an American psychologist. She holds the Lewis and Virginia Eaton Professorship of Psychology at Stanford University. Dweck is known for her work on motivation and mindset.

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2021Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying PsychologyAward2020William James Fellow AwardAward2017Yidan Prize for Education ResearchAward2016Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive SciencesAward2015Wilbur Cross MedalAward2013James McKeen Cattell Fellow AwardAward2011APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to PsychologyAward2009Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Psychological Contributions to EducationAwardMore about this2008Donald T. Campbell AwardAward1946Born17 October 1946

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Arthur W. Staats Lecture for Unifying Psychology2021

William James Fellow Award2020

Yidan Prize for Education Research2017

Atkinson Prize in Psychological and Cognitive Sciences2016

Wilbur Cross Medal2015

James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award2013

APA Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions to Psychology2011

Career Achievement Award for Distinguished Psychological Contributions to Education2009

Donald T. Campbell Award2008

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She was on the faculty at the University of Illinois, Harvard, and Columbia before joining the Stanford University faculty in 2004. She was named an Association for Psychological Science (APS) James McKeen Cattell Fellow in 2013, an APS Mentor Awardee in 2019, and an APS William James Fellow in 2020, and has been a member of the National Academy of Sciences since 2012.

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