Drive

Quote: "those who have an entity theory believe that intelligence is just an entity, it exists within us, in a finite supply that cannot increase. those who subscribe to an incremental theory take a different view. they believe that intelligence may very slightly from person to person it is ultimately something that with effort we can increase."

Questions/comment: i realize that we all have different views on what intelligent is, and if we can learn to mastery things but i wonder if are views change at different ages? for example when i was alittle kid i thought i could do anything because my parents told me i could if i put my mind to it. My mind was like a sponge i enjoyed learning i loved school everything was interesting and i always wanted to know more. Now that i have hit my teenage years my view on wanting to learn everything has changed sometimes i will see a math problem and think i cant do that. maybe this is my mind set and that is what is causing me to not excel in math? or is it my age? could it be that when you hit a certain age you begin to think in a entity theory way? i believe this would be an interesting study if you look at the theory's people believe in terms of age if you can find out something because i do believe it has something to do with age. at the same time i know from experience and from examples that you can achieve anything with a lot of hard work and the right mindset. this article reminds me of the book/ documentary "the secret."