Features of Formation of Implicit Theories and their Relation to Students' Intellectual and Personal Potential

Foreign and domestic psychologists' theoretical concepts of implicit theories of intellect and personality and the degree of influence of these theories on learning and a person's success are analyzed. The results of an empirical study of interrelations of analytical intellect and personal potential with students' established implicit theories are presented. There is a discussion of the hypothesis according to which students who have a higher level of personal potential and higher intellectual parameters understand personality and intellect as phenomena which develop throughout life. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.