Is growth mindset and attitude the same thing?

Have you come here to look for the answer of Is growth mindset and attitude the same thing? Then you have come to the right place.

Often you might have seen them used interchangeably.

In this post, I will try to crack this question and get the answer. But if you don’t have time and want a quick answer than No, growth mindset and attitude are not the same thing.

If you want to know how I come to this conclusion than keep reading the article till the last.

mindset and attitude difference

To know whether growth mindset and attitude are the same concept we shall first need to look at the differences and definition of mindset and attitude.

Mindset – According to verywellmind, your mindset is a set of beliefs that shape how you make sense of the world and yourself. It influences how you think, feel, and behave in any given situation. It can be a growth mindset or a fixed mindset.

Attitude – Verywellmind defines attitude as “In psychology, an attitude refers to a set of emotions, beliefs, and behaviors toward a particular object, person, thing, or event.”

Simply put mindset is a collection of thoughts whereas attitude is a settled way of thinking which is reflected in someone’s behavior.

Attitude is external whereas mindset is internal. Attitude is observed through the behavior(reacting to an event/situation) whereas mindset is not observable.

mindset vs attitude example

Since you have learned about mindset and definition it’s time to look how it is used in the real world. To give the example of mindset and attitude I am creating a fictitious situation here.

Consider yourself having a helping attitude and me as having a helping mindset.

Now consider we both are going by a car on the highway and we see a car whose door is open.

Who do you think will help and ask the driver to close the door? If you are guessing the person who is ready to act is going to help the driver than you are correct. In this situation it is You.

I because have the helping mindset only hesitated to ask the driver to close the door whereas you having the helping attitude(action) actually asked and helped the driver.

Is mindset and attitude the same?

After reading the example you might have got the idea about what I am trying to say. You have observed that attitude is the actual action and mindset is a belief set.

Since growth mindset is a set of belief and attitude is the actual behavior therefore they are not the same thing.

But it doesn’t mean that they don’t have any relation in between. Both growth mindset and attitude are inter-related to each other. To be precise connected.

conclusion

So this was the post to answer the fact: is growth mindset and attitude the same thing? We found out that although both of them are connected but not same.

I hope you are satisfied with the answer. If you liked this content then do share it.

Also, if you want to read other growth mindset facts, than you can check my post on facts about growth mindset.

Regards,

Sandeep.