Kids Marshmallow Experiment

The marshmallow experiment is a famous test of this concept conducted by Walter Mischel at Stanford University and discussed by Daniel Goleman in his popular work. 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 an average of 210 points higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test

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• delayed
• gratification
• deffered
• marshmallow
• Daniel
• Goleman
• personality
• trait
• emotional
• intelligence
• EQ
• experiment
• Walter
• Mischel
• Stanford
• University
• Scholastic
• Aptitude
• Test

[DaMuthaFucnMan]

AGH!!!!! THIS bITCH LEFT IT AT A CLIFF HANGER!!! WHYYYYYYYYYY!!!???? NOW I'M GONNA THINK ABOUT IT ALL NIGHT! WHAT HAPPENED NEXT! DID THEY GET THEIR SECOND MARSHMALLOW? OR DID THEY EAT IT? DAMMIT!!!

[Kristcha381]

I would aslo like to conduct this sort of test, very interesting

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[renerdrat]

lol that's interesting... I'm going to do this on my niece and nephew. See which one waits

[Himself73]

What is interesting about this experiment is that the kids who waited for the second marshmellow were part of a longterm experiment. They were evaluated in their first year of college and the ones who waited scored 200 points higher on their SAT's and were judged to be of superior intelligence.