Dweck will kick off the convention with her address, "Can Personality Be Changed"" Here is a preview of her talk:
"Intellectual wars have been waged over the origin, nature, and malleability of personality. Are personality and character best seen in terms of deep-seated and immutable traits, or is meaningful change possible" If change is possible, what are the theoretical traditions that predict it and what is the research that supports it" I will present an array of research on targeted interventions that created important change in key aspects of personality. I will discuss the mechanisms through which change occurred, and I will describe a view of personality that encompasses these changes."-Association for Psychological Science
