Marshmallow Test SIW

I came across this experiment and decided to try it on Sascha. The "marshmallow experiment" is a well known test conducted by Walter Mischel at Stanford University. In the 1960s, a group of four-year-olds were given a marshmallow and promised another, only if they could wait 20 minutes before eating the first one. Some children could wait and others could not. The researchers then followed the progress of each child into adolescence and demonstrated that those with the ability to wait were better adjusted and more dependable (determined via surveys of their parents and teachers), and scored significantly higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test years later. Do children who pass the marshmallow test enjoy greater success as adults?

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