Carol S. Dweck

400 total papers · 92.3k total citations
247 papers, 59.4k citations indexed

About

Carol S. Dweck is a scholar working on Social Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Carol S. Dweck has authored 247 papers receiving a total of 59.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 101 papers in Social Psychology, 87 papers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and 60 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in Carol S. Dweck's work include Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (65 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (51 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (43 papers). Carol S. Dweck is often cited by papers focused on Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (65 papers), Social and Intergroup Psychology (51 papers) and Cultural Differences and Values (43 papers). Carol S. Dweck collaborates with scholars based in United States, Hong Kong and United Kingdom. Carol S. Dweck's co-authors include David S. Yeager, Elaine Elliott, Andrew J. Elliot, Chi‐yue Chiu, Ying‐yi Hong, Kali H. Trzesniewski, Lisa Blackwell, Carol Diener, Gregory M. Walton and Claudia Mueller and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

In The Last Decade

Carol S. Dweck

241 papers receiving 52.8k citations

Hit Papers

A social-cognitive approa... 1973 2026 1990 2008 1988 1986 1999 2013 2007 2.0k 4.0k 6.0k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation benchmark for papers published in the same subfield and year, or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A social-cognitive approach to motivation and personality.
    1988 6.4k citations Carol S. Dweck et al. Psychological Review profile →
  2. Motivational processes affecting learning.
    1986 4.6k citations Carol S. Dweck American Psychologist profile →
  3. Self-theories: Their Role in Motivation, Personality, and Development
    1999 4.3k citations Carol S. Dweck Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  4. Handbook of Competence and Motivation
    2013 2.6k citations Andrew J. Elliot, Carol S. Dweck Medical Entomology and Zoology profile →
  5. Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition: A Longitudinal Study and an Intervention
    2007 2.4k citations Lisa Blackwell, Kali H. Trzesniewski et al. Child Development profile →
  6. Goals: An approach to motivation and achievement.
    1988 1.8k citations Elaine Elliott, Carol S. Dweck Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  7. Implicit Theories and Their Role in Judgments and Reactions: A Word From Two Perspectives
    1995 1.6k citations Carol S. Dweck, Chi‐yue Chiu et al. Psychological Inquiry profile →
  8. Goals: An approach to motivation and achievement.
    1988 1.4k citations Elaine Elliott, Carol S. Dweck Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  9. Mindsets That Promote Resilience: When Students Believe That Personal Characteristics Can Be Developed
    2012 1.3k citations David S. Yeager, Carol S. Dweck Educational Psychologist profile →
  10. Praise for intelligence can undermine children's motivation and performance.
    1998 1.0k citations Claudia Mueller, Carol S. Dweck Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  11. Clarifying Achievement Goals and Their Impact.
    2003 957 citations Heidi Grant, Carol S. Dweck Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  12. The role of expectations and attributions in the alleviation of learned helplessness.
    1975 952 citations Carol S. Dweck Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  13. Implicit theories, attributions, and coping: A meaning system approach.
    1999 928 citations Ying‐yi Hong, Chi‐yue Chiu et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  14. An analysis of learned helplessness: Continuous changes in performance, strategy, and achievement cognitions following failure.
    1978 821 citations Carol Diener, Carol S. Dweck Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  15. Stereotype formation and endorsement: The role of implicit theories.
    1998 705 citations Sheri R. Levy, Steven J. Stroessner et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  16. Why do women opt out? Sense of belonging and women's representation in mathematics.
    2012 701 citations Catherine Good, Aneeta Rattan et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  17. Handbook of competence and motivation : theory and application
    2017 668 citations Andrew J. Elliot, Carol S. Dweck et al. Guilford Press eBooks profile →
  18. Mindsets: A View From Two Eras
    2019 655 citations Carol S. Dweck, David S. Yeager Perspectives on Psychological Science profile →
  19. A social^cognitive approach to motivation and personality.
    1988 640 citations Carol S. Dweck et al. Psychological Review profile →
  20. Mind-Set Interventions Are a Scalable Treatment for Academic Underachievement
    2015 620 citations David Paunesku, Gregory M. Walton et al. Psychological Science profile →
  21. Finding "Meaning" in Psychology: A Lay Theories Approach to Self-Regulation, Social Perception, and Social Development.
    2006 619 citations Daniel C. Molden, Carol S. Dweck American Psychologist profile →
  22. Ego Depletion—Is It All in Your Head?
    2010 602 citations Veronika Job, Carol S. Dweck et al. Psychological Science profile →
  23. Lay dispositionism and implicit theories of personality.
    1997 592 citations Chi‐yue Chiu, Ying‐yi Hong et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  24. Learned helplessness and reinforcement responsibility in children.
    1973 554 citations Carol S. Dweck, N. Dickon Reppucci Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  25. Lay dispositionism and implicit theories of personality.
    1997 550 citations Charles Y. Chiu, Carol S. Dweck et al. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology profile →
  26. Growth mindset tempers the effects of poverty on academic achievement
    2016 481 citations Susana Claro, David Paunesku et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  27. Using design thinking to improve psychological interventions: The case of the growth mindset during the transition to high school.
    2016 469 citations David S. Yeager, Carissa Romero et al. Journal of Educational Psychology profile →
  28. Sex differences in learned helplessness: II. The contingencies of evaluative feedback in the classroom and III. An experimental analysis.
    1978 439 citations Carol S. Dweck, William B. Davidson et al. Developmental Psychology profile →
  29. Self-theories and goals: their role in motivation, personality, and development.
    1990 437 citations Carol S. Dweck PubMed profile →
  30. Motivational processes affecting learning.
    1986 408 citations Carol S. Dweck American Psychologist profile →
  31. What can be learned from growth mindset controversies?
    2020 400 citations David S. Yeager, Carol S. Dweck American Psychologist profile →
  32. From needs to goals and representations: Foundations for a unified theory of motivation, personality, and development.
    2017 332 citations Carol S. Dweck Psychological Review profile →
  33. Teaching a lay theory before college narrows achievement gaps at scale
    2016 315 citations David S. Yeager, Gregory M. Walton et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences profile →
  34. The Origins of Children's Growth and Fixed Mindsets: New Research and a New Proposal
    2017 265 citations Kyla Haimovitz, Carol S. Dweck Child Development profile →
  35. Why Interventions to Influence Adolescent Behavior Often Fail but Could Succeed
    2017 258 citations David S. Yeager, Ronald E. Dahl et al. Perspectives on Psychological Science profile →
  36. Teacher Mindsets Help Explain Where a Growth-Mindset Intervention Does and Doesn’t Work
    2021 155 citations David S. Yeager, Jamie M. Carroll et al. Psychological Science profile →

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Carol S. Dweck 28.7k 25.4k 18.5k 10.9k 10.5k 247 59.4k
Andrew J. Elliot 30.4k 1.1× 23.6k 0.9× 10.4k 0.6× 7.3k 0.7× 7.7k 0.7× 269 50.5k
Mihály Csíkszentmihályi 19.6k 0.7× 13.1k 0.5× 6.7k 0.4× 12.6k 1.2× 11.1k 1.1× 241 56.6k
Martin E. P. Seligman 35.2k 1.2× 15.5k 0.6× 8.6k 0.5× 7.1k 0.6× 10.4k 1.0× 323 80.0k
Jacquelynne S. Eccles 23.7k 0.8× 21.8k 0.9× 33.9k 1.8× 9.6k 0.9× 10.6k 1.0× 359 67.4k
Hazel Rose Markus 27.0k 0.9× 8.2k 0.3× 5.6k 0.3× 3.9k 0.4× 20.1k 1.9× 219 50.3k
Robert J. Sternberg 14.1k 0.5× 21.8k 0.9× 12.7k 0.7× 13.9k 1.3× 4.9k 0.5× 910 51.4k
Maarten Vansteenkiste 20.1k 0.7× 6.5k 0.3× 6.2k 0.3× 5.8k 0.5× 5.5k 0.5× 388 33.6k
Oliver P. John 22.9k 0.8× 17.1k 0.7× 3.9k 0.2× 3.2k 0.3× 13.6k 1.3× 205 58.5k
Nancy Eisenberg 23.0k 0.8× 6.5k 0.3× 17.4k 0.9× 5.1k 0.5× 8.3k 0.8× 516 51.8k
Auke Tellegen 29.5k 1.0× 22.6k 0.9× 3.7k 0.2× 3.8k 0.3× 12.6k 1.2× 132 76.5k

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