Temptation is a hard thing to deal with, especially if it involves something you really want. If you offer a kid a marshmallow, they are most likely going to eat it, but what if you make them wait fifteen minutes for the prize of two marshmallows instead? Would they wait? An experiment was done by Walter Mischel in 1968, and shows that the kids who wait have a better chance at being successful in life, than the kids who gave in to temptation.
You will be surprised to know, that most kids did end up waiting those crucial 15 minutes, but a few did eat the marshmallow right away with no hesitation. Little did you know, it wasn’t so easy for the kids who did wait, because they had to do whatever possible to distract themselves from the marshmallow. …show more content…
They also tend to get distracted easily in school. Another big thing is that, the kid who did wait had an SAT score that was at least two hundred and ten points higher than the kid who ate the marshmallow right away. All those problems have a lot to do with who you’re going to be in life. It can either make you or break you, and usually it’s a negative outcome for the kids who didn’t wait, and a positive outcome for the ones who did.
I find it a bit strange that just because a kid couldn’t wait, he won’t be successful in the future. A four year old still has so many years to develop his or hers brain. I’m sure that there are successful people out there who were once very impatient or have gave into temptation in their life. Being so little you can’t really help yourself, but that’s normal. It depends on if in the future they have a steady mindset, and goals that they overcome. A kid’s impatience shouldn’t determine and kid’s future.
Who would’ve known that you can either be successful or not, based off of if you waited or didn’t wait to eat a marshmallow. This experiment that Walter Mischel did was strange, but actually very interesting. You can do this little experiment on your kid, and in no time you can either determine if he/she will be successful
You will be surprised to know, that most kids did end up waiting those crucial 15 minutes, but a few did eat the marshmallow right away with no hesitation. Little did you know, it wasn’t so easy for the kids who did wait, because they had to do whatever possible to distract themselves from the marshmallow. …show more content…
They also tend to get distracted easily in school. Another big thing is that, the kid who did wait had an SAT score that was at least two hundred and ten points higher than the kid who ate the marshmallow right away. All those problems have a lot to do with who you’re going to be in life. It can either make you or break you, and usually it’s a negative outcome for the kids who didn’t wait, and a positive outcome for the ones who did.
I find it a bit strange that just because a kid couldn’t wait, he won’t be successful in the future. A four year old still has so many years to develop his or hers brain. I’m sure that there are successful people out there who were once very impatient or have gave into temptation in their life. Being so little you can’t really help yourself, but that’s normal. It depends on if in the future they have a steady mindset, and goals that they overcome. A kid’s impatience shouldn’t determine and kid’s future.
Who would’ve known that you can either be successful or not, based off of if you waited or didn’t wait to eat a marshmallow. This experiment that Walter Mischel did was strange, but actually very interesting. You can do this little experiment on your kid, and in no time you can either determine if he/she will be successful