Marshmallow Test with a twist: 3- and 4‑year-olds kids display more self-control when their reputation is at stake

By SharpBrains | September 16, 2020

Chil­dren Will Wait to Impress Others—Another Twist on the Clas­sic Marsh­mal­low Test (Asso­ci­a­tion for Psy­cho­log­i­cal Sci­ence): If you asked peo­ple to name a famous psy­chol­o­gy study, the “marsh­mal­low test” would prob­a­bly come out near the top of the list. In this task, young chil­dren are told they can imme­di­ate­ly get a small reward (one marshmallow)…

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