Table 3.

Change requires good seeds and fertile soil.

	Some contexts do not afford a more adaptive perspective (poor soil)	Some contexts afford but do not yet give people an adaptive perspective (fertile soil)
Examples	• Dining hall with bad tasting healthy dishes • A peer school environment in which academic challenge-seeking is uncool • A college environment with limited opportunities for people like you to belong	• Dining hall with tasty healthy dishes • A peer school environment in which students seek out academic challenges • A college environment with opportunities for people like you to belong
Is a change in the context (soil) needed? What kind?	Yes • Tastier healthy dishes • Peer norms for challenge seeking • Greater opportunities for belonging for one’s group	Not necessarily
Is a change in individuals’ psychology needed (a good seed)? What kind?	Yes • Indulgent labels on healthy foods • Growth mindset intervention • Social-belonging intervention