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| mindset | a set of beliefs and attitudes that impact thinking, actions, and outcomes. |
| fixed mindset | belief that one is born with a permanent and unchangeable amount of intelligence, personality, and set of character traits |
| growth mindset | belief that abilities and personal qualities can be cultivated through effort and learning. |
| frontal lobe | used for higher order thinking |
| parietal lobe | interprets signals from the five senses |
| temporal lobe | helps you to understand language |
| brainstem | regulates autonomic functions such as breathing or heart rate |
| neurons | specialized cells that transmit nerve impulses |
| synapse | a structure that permits a neuron to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron |
| attitude | a settled way of thinking or feeling about someone or something, typically one that is reflected in a person's behavior |
| brain | an organ of soft nervous tissue contained in the skull of vertebrates, functioning as the coordinating center of sensation and intellectual and nervous activity |
| challenge | a task or situation that tests someone's abilities |
| commitment | the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc. |
| determination | firmness of purpose; resoluteness |
| effort | a vigorous or determined attempt |
| feedback | information about reactions to a product, a person's performance of a task, etc. which is used as a basis for improvement |
| resilience | the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness |
| motivation | the reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way |
| intelligence | the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills |
| learn | gain or acquire knowledge of or skill in (something) by study, experience, or being taught |
| perseverance | persistence in doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success |