The Marshmallow Experiment - Instant Gratification

We ran a duplicate of Stanford University's "Marshmallow Experiment" with our own Flood kids (Google it for the details).

If they could delay gratification by sitting in a room alone with one marshmallow until the facilitator got back, they would be rewarded with an additional marshmallow. If they cracked, succumbed to temptation by eating the marshmallow before she returned, they would not be rewarded with an additional one.

We hid 2 cameras in the room to watch the hilarious results.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• flood
• church
• marshmallow
• mallow
• experiment
• test
• stanford
• instant gratification
• temptation

[baserocks206]

why is he in a dog suit

[FloodSanDiego]

@baserocks206 Haha. It was shot right around Halloween, maybe even on Halloween.

[SMJack041]

so from what i can tell kids who wear costumes can wait longer than kids who don't.

[genpreet]

That little blond boy... what a narc.

[LittleMissSexyish]

I love how the two blonde kids keep arguing and the lil blonde girl just eats it and goes to the door! sooooooooooo cute, i did this test when i was 4 and i waited 30mins! it was TORTURE!!!

[AmaiLaura]

love the way she licks it eheh omg not in a crepy way it was cute gah

[TheTaben]

Girls have no patience..

[dshodaw]

They should have promised another one in another 20 min, and so on and see which child is most patient :)) Bigger reward, bigger wait xD

[Gootch82]

kids are the greatest

[Sappholia]

a dog suit? i thought it was a cow suit...

[unoiamacutie]

Lol. There is always at least one kid that eats the marshmallow before the person leaves the room.

[alinecalves]

i have to say, im 30 and if you do this experiment to me but with nutella instead of marshmellow, id prob not gonna be able to wait either! lol

[AcidRaZor]

@SMJack041 Nope. If you look closely, you'll see most of the kids who ate theirs started to nibble/taste it first. That's why they continued eating it and not waiting