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New twist on marshmallow test: Kids depend on each other for self control
"New twist on marshmallow test: Kids depend on each other for self control: Simply placing kids in a cooperative environment boosts the ability to resist temptation. ...
In the 1970s, the late psychologist Walter Mischel explored the importance of the ability to delay gratification as a child to one's future success in life, via the famous Stanford 'marshmallow experiment.' Now a team of German researchers has adapted the classic experimental setup using Oreos and vanilla cookies with German and Kenyan schoolchildren. They found that kids are more likely to delay gratification when they depend on each other. They described their findings in a recent paper in Psychological Science."
To me this demonstrates that teamwork - or social influence - helps support better decisions such as 'delayed gratification'?
Source: arstechnica.com
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