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In my experience, the intensity of desire and the subsequent pleasure produced varies widely across different people. The facets of the marshmallow experiment
by schalab 12y ago
In my experience, the intensity of desire and the subsequent pleasure produced varies widely across different people.
The facets of the marshmallow experiment used to accredit certain kids as having picked up highly mature techniques in delaying gratification, can perhaps be equally explained by their desire levels not exceeding the threshold required to overpower their cognitive functions.
Certain kids love marshmallows to the point that they disobey orders, while certain kids do not. That to me is just as feasible an explanation.
- alex_duf 12y agoI think the full experiment give the choice of the treat. "Mischel’s team would present a child with a treat (marshmallows were just one option) and tell her that she..."