Time and the Situation of Marshmallows
Posted by The Situationist Staff on July 1, 2009
Most of our readers are familiar with Walter Mischel’s landmark experiment on marshmallows, delayed gratification, and success. For the rest of you, here are a couple of videos, including one by Situationist Contributor Philip Zimbardo, summarizing the study.
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Greta said
Would be interesting to see how these kids now grown work out in the political persuasion of conservative or liberal, democrat or republican