In terms of effort, an incremental people view it as a good thing. Effort is a way to expand one's knowledge; by putting effort in something, one can find out what he is capable of doing and what he is incapable of doing, whereas an entity person views effort as a risky thing. He fears if he puts a lot of effort in something, for example studying, and he flunks, then it would just be proving to him that he was not intelligent to begin with or he does not have the intelligence that it takes.

An incremental person views errors as learning experiences, which is not bad at all. He believes that errors are where to direct effort. An entity person, on the other hand, believes that errors are bad and that they reveal the limits of one's

The degree of involvement in something also differentiates an incremental person and an entity person. Involvement is considered to be how one situates himself. An incremental person is very task involved. Once he gets a task started, he does not care as to what is going on around him or how difficult the task becomes until he is done with it. An entity person, however, is very ego involved. He usually has his mind on other things. He would work on a task but at the same time worry about other things, like how stupid he is for not being able to get the task done fast, or breakfast, or phone calls, or any other things that do not involve the task at hand. Later, when the task is not completed on time, the person tends to put the blame on all the other little things he had to take care of like making phone calls etc.

The identity formation conflict is related to the development of learned helplessness. As one is growing up, he is influenced by many outside factors such as media, peer, parents, cultural background, etc. A lot of the times, the messages sent out by each one of these factors are in opposition. For example, on one hand, one will see the media putting on things which gives a person the idea that having sex is ok, cool, and fun; while on the other hand, from teachers and parents, one would be getting the message that it is cool to remain chaste. Another example would be that while one gets the message that hard work is important and absolutely necessary, at the same time, through media, he is getting messages to get away from it all and just relax and take some time for oneself. All this opposition in influences can cause a lot of confusion. Through this confusion, one may decide that it would be better to just not do anything at

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