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The marshmallow test makes no sense to me. You're telling me I get one marshmallow now, or I get one more if I wait 30 minutes and have to sit here bored lookin
by suzzer99 6y ago
The marshmallow test makes no sense to me. You're telling me I get one marshmallow now, or I get one more if I wait 30 minutes and have to sit here bored looking at the one marshmallow I could have already eaten? The reward just isn't there. It seems like it measures kids who want to please the researcher.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoThe kids do have to sit in the room whether or not they eat the first marshmallow, but I agree that there are quite a few explanations for what it's measuring beyond self-control.
- Apocryphon 6y agoSo the incentive isn't even something like two marshmallows?
- JumpCrisscross 6y ago> It seems like it measures kids who want to please the researcher There are the kids who immediately eat the marshmallow. And then there are those who try not to eat it and fail. The latter is relevant. The former is not.