Wow...I enjoyed that article tremendously. I adore social psychology. It took me some time to logic past the initial study because I tend to believe it's an unconscious fear of letting adults down that impairs kids (especially perfectionists) rather than the idea of "not needing to prove" intelligence. Great fodder for my own parenting though. I can immediately see small changes I can make - especially with my ds who loves doing quizzes. Loves them until we give him a question he doesn't know...need to rethink how to change this so ds isn't trying to "prove" his smarts to us.
