Jamie Amemiya

Jamie Amemiya

Jamie Amemiya is a researcher and first author of the 2018 paper on why effort praise can backfire in adolescence.

Who they are

Jamie Amemiya is a researcher and first author of the 2018 paper on why effort praise can backfire in adolescence. On this site the name is tied to Process Praise, Praise.

Key papers

Amemiya, J., & Wang, M.-T. (2018). Why effort praise can backfire in adolescence. Child Development Perspectives, 12(3), 199-203.

Key ideas

Process Praise: Praise aimed at what a person did rather than what they are. The advice it became, praise the process and not the outcome, is a misconception its originator names as such in print.

Praise: Praising a child for being clever and praising them for working hard have different consequences after failure. The founding paper is six studies on 412 fifth graders, the largest sample 128.

Sources

  1. Amemiya, J., & Wang, M.-T. (2018). Why effort praise can backfire in adolescence. Child Development Perspectives, 12(3), 199-203.