I am trying to locate a study where thw researchers gave subjects an oppotunity
to have one marshmallow now or wait for two marshmallows later.Sinferences were
made about differentiating abot the two groups.
Michael pmnicentric Sylvester.PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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David Brooks said yesterday in the context of discussing his new book that
he didn't know anytrhing about the supposed study's origin, either.
What this all sounds like is a phenomenon demonstrated by Robert Sears ca.
1963 in an old NET film, The conscience of a chilld from the series,
Focus on
On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:10:27 -0800, Michael Sylvester wrote:
I am trying to locate a study where thw researchers gave subjects an
oppotunity
to have one marshmallow now or wait for two marshmallows later.Sinferences
were
made about differentiating abot the two groups.
See:
The Development of
Around 6 years ago one of my students tried this marshmallow test with
our preschoolers here at Oakton and some of the 3 year olds and just
about all of the 4 year olds passed with flying colors. However, we
reduced the wait time to 10 minutes as opposed to 20. We videotaped the
kids and
I am trying to find a reference to a study that was mentioned in the past CRM
films in the 80s.One group of subjects was given bowls of shelled peanuts and
the other group was given bowls of peanuts without the shells.The results were
that subjects ate more peanuts
when they did not have to
