Delayed Gratification Hypothesis

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Introduction: Delayed gratification means taking the time to receive the best reward This experiment studies fundamental ability to delay gratification and if the child decided to eat the candy straightway then they would receive no rewards, however if the child chose to wait and resist to eat candy then they would receive another candy.
Problem: How does your age help determine the development of your self-skills portraying delayed gratification?
Hypothesis: Freshman and sophomore will find it more difficult to resist candy then juniors and seniors.
Materials: Candy, data recording sheet, pencil and watch
Procedure/Methods:
• Firstly, I decided to do survey on student who are in normal class who needs special help from their teacher to support

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