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What is a "marshmallow test"? I've never heard that phrase before?
by solardev 2y ago
What is a "marshmallow test"? I've never heard that phrase before?
- vel0city 2y agoA psychological study of children if they would take a small but immediate payout versus a larger but delayed payout. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experiment https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_marshmallow_experim...
- Ygg2 2y agoYou mean that study, where they forgot to check for affluence? https://behavioralscientist.org/try-to-resist-misinterpreting-the-marshmallow-test/ https://behavioralscientist.org/try-to-resist-misinterpretin...
- eru 2y agoHonestly, I would take the single marshmallow: I don't actually like marshmallows enough, so I would probably enjoy two marshmallows less than a single one. Definitely less than twice as much as a single one. And: given that you are in a psychological experiment, who knows what cruel twists of the experiment the scientists are trying to inflict on you? Perhaps they are actually studying how angry you are going to get when they break their promise? Just eat the damn thing, and they'll have a much harder time taking it away from you.
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- oopsallmagic 2y agoChildren, um, don't use this kind of reasoning.
- eru 2y agoDepends on the exact age, and how much your kid expects to be trolled.
- oopsallmagic 2y ago[dead]