Gummy Candy Experiment

Gabi can eat one piece of candy now or two pieces later...

Based on Walter Mischel's Marshmallow experiment, in which four year-olds were offered a marshmallow, which they could eat if they wanted. However, they were also told that if they waited until the researcher came back into the room, they would be given a second marshmallow. Kids who could successfully defer their gratification (about 1 in 3) were found to later have higher SAT scores at 18 years of age.

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• delayed
• gratification
• marshmallow
• test