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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阅读科学故事书期间看护者与儿童的对话如何影响儿童的心态信念和毅力？

本研究探讨了在阅读故事书期间看护者与儿童之间的科学对话如何影响学龄前儿童的心态、成功信念和毅力，重点关注著名女科学家的挑战或成就。照顾者-儿童二元组（氮= 202，100 名女性，35% 非白人，年龄 4-5 岁，f = .15）被分配到三个故事书条件之一，突出了女科学家的成就,努力，或者，在一个基线条件，都没有。孩子们被问及他们的心态，提出了坚持不懈的任务，并询问了他们对努力和成功的理解。调查结果表明，故事书强调努力与成长心态、成功归因于努力工作以及增强毅力有关。护理人员的语言与指定故事书中的语言相呼应，显示了阅读强调努力工作的故事书的重要性。