How can you talk about delayed gratification and not mention marshmallow experiment?
I was actually going to mention the marshmallow experiment!
For those of you who don’t know, an experiment with young children was conducted on the topic of delaying gratification. Essentially, children (between the ages of 3-6, I want to say) were given one single marshmallow. They were given two options:
1. The first option was to eat it now
2. And the second option was to wait and receive a second marshmallow.
Furthermore, if one ate the first marshmallow immediately they would not receive a second. They only would receive the second marshmallow if the first one remained when the second one was presented. So it was a test to see who could delay gratification in order to obtain the two marshmallows and who would indulge in the first one right away.
Anyways the video is adorable and I’ll have to link it once I’m not on mobile.