This study explores how caregiver–child scientific conversation during storybook reading focusing on the challenges or achievements of famous female scientists impacts preschoolers' mindset, beliefs about success, and persistence. Caregiver–child dyads (N = 202, 100 female, 35% non-White, aged 4–5, ƒ = .15) were assigned to one of three storybook conditions, highlighting the female scientist's achievements, effort, or, in a baseline condition, neither. Children were asked about their mindset, presented with a persistence task, and asked about their understanding of effort and success. Findings demonstrate that storybooks highlighting effort are associated with growth mindset, attribution of success to hard work, and increased persistence. Caregiver language echoed language from the assigned storybook, showing the importance of reading storybooks emphasizing hard work.

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在科学故事书阅读期间，照顾者与孩子的对话如何影响孩子的心态、信念和毅力？


本研究探讨了在故事书阅读期间照顾者与儿童的科学对话，重点关注著名女科学家的挑战或成就，如何影响学龄前儿童的心态、对成功的信念和毅力。照顾者-儿童二人组（N = 202,100 名女性，35% 非白人，年龄 4-5 岁，ƒ = .15）被分配到三个故事书条件之一，突出女科学家的成就、努力，或者在基线条件下，两者都没有。孩子们被问及他们的心态，向孩子们提出一个坚持任务，并询问他们对努力和成功的理解。研究结果表明，强调努力的故事书与成长型心态、将成功归因于努力工作和增加毅力有关。看护者的语言与指定的故事书中的语言相呼应，表明了阅读强调努力工作的故事书的重要性。