2.2 MINDSET THEORY AND HYPOTHESIS DEVELOPMENT
A mindset is a set of judgmental criteria and cognitive processes and procedures
that produce a disposition or readiness to respond in a certain
manner (Gollwitzer [1990], Hamilton et al. [2011]). For example, a mindset
can encourage linear processing of obviously task-relevant information
in order to complete a task quickly, or it can encourage broad consideration
of information in order to make the best choice from a set of alternatives.