Process Praise Essay

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Previously, child-rearing experts believed that all praise enhanced children’s emotional and psychological well being (Brummelman et al., 2014). However, the present study highlights that giving different types of praises can impact the development of a child’s theory of intelligence and how adaptive their responses to challenges are. Hence, the quote by Ginott (1965): “Praise, like penicillin, must not be administered haphazardly.”
Strengths of the current study
Predominantly, experimental research was used to investigate how person and process praise shape children’s theory of intelligence, their subsequent motivation and achievement. In such research, a stranger administered different types of praise, and causality could be established. …show more content…

First, since the sample consists of children from 8 to 12 years old, different concepts of ability as a function of age may influence how process praise is interpreted. Children above 9 years old tend to perceive ability as inversely related to effort, hence they are likely to interpret references to effort in process praise as indicating a lack of ability. (Nicholls, 1978) Consequently, process praise may instead highlight “deep-seated” influences and the immutability of their scholastic abilities, causing them to avoid challenges they perceive as beyond their ability. Hence, process praise may be more effective for younger children. Second, referencing effort or enjoyment in process praise may be ineffective the child did not truly exert much effort in the task, nor did the child enjoy the …show more content…

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