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Even sadder is that IQ doesn't correlate to happiness or success nearly as well as the ability to defer gratification. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_gr
by ekanes 17y ago
Even sadder is that IQ doesn't correlate to happiness or success nearly as well as the ability to defer gratification.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_gratification http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferred_gratification
See also the marshmallow test on that page. Too bad we don't (systematically) teach our kids stuff like this along with the regular curriculum.
- asciilifeform 17y ago> Too bad we don't (systematically) teach our kids stuff like this along with the regular curriculum I know of no evidence that delaying gratification can be taught with any degree of effectiveness. The original study used babies, who were later tracked through (well-predicted) success or failure in life. Control of one's impulses appears to be a very basic "brain organ" with rather limited capacity for training.
- ekanes 17y agoI also don't know of any evidence that it can be taught, but it strikes me as teachable. Patience, kindness, politeness, etc are all teachable modifications of our natural instincts. The original kids in the study were 4 years old.