mind-set

n. a state of mind that influences how people think about and then enact their goal-directed activities in ways that may systematically promote or interfere with optimal functioning. German psychologist Peter Gollwitzer (1950– ) identified two types: (a) a deliberative mind-set, in which a person debates the merits and drawbacks of various courses of action (or inaction) when choosing a goal to pursue from a set of possible goals; and (b) an implemental mind-set, in which a person has made the choice and execution of particular actions to realize chosen goals. Mind-sets sometimes generalize from one activity to later, unrelated activities.

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