Homework Week 3-4

The Delayed Gratification Stanford Marshmallow Experiment is a experiment when a kid around 5 years old is put in a room with a marshmallow on a plate and no distraction around them. They can either eat the marshmallow right away or wait for approximately 15 minutes and get another one. In some followup studies they found out that children who were able to wait longer preferred rewards tend to have a better life outcomes. In over 600 children who took part in the Delayed Gratification Stanford Marshmallow Experiment, a small amount of children ate the marshmallow immediately. The rest of the children who attempted to wait and get the seconds marshmallow only one third managed to get the second. The first follow up study was in 1988 showed that they were much more improved. In 1990 also showed that there were higher SAT scores.