Researchers say 'implicit beliefs' are the key to a successful career

What is the secret to success? Researchers say'implicit beliefs' are the key to a successful career Who succeeds doesn't depend on just intentions, like being present, experts reveal your implicit beliefs reveal whether you will or will not be successful Students were asked to quickly indicate whether each of a series of words was related to'schoolwork,' was a synonym of'importance' or was a synonym of'unimportance.' Rather than depend on people's explicit beliefs, in our research researchers looked instead to people's implicit beliefs. The team used used a computer-based test called the'Implicit Association Test (IAT)' to measure our participants' implicit beliefs Student participants were asked to indicate, as quickly as they could, using computer keys, whether each of a series of words was related to'schoolwork,' was a synonym of'importance' or was a synonym of'unimportance' In five of our studies, researchers used the test to measure students' cognitive association between'importance' and'schoolwork.' The found that college students' implicit belief in the importance of schoolwork predicted who got higher grades This article was originally published on The Conversation. No comments have so far been submitted.