Delayed gratification and the marshmallow experiment is just a series of testing from the 1960s to 1970s led by a psychologist named Walter Mischel.
In the studies a child was given a choice to have a small treat now or two small treats like 15 minutes later (when the experimenter came back).
The studies showed that the children that were able to wait longer for the bigger reward were more likely to have better life outcomes, ‘as measured in the SAT scores’
There was six hundred children in this experiment aging from four to six. A small number of them ate the treat as soon as it was given to them and two thirds of them that tried to wait failed.
Good job you explained what the test was about. You could have added what delayed gratification was though.
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