PSYC-223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Mindset, Moral Realism, Self-Control
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4 year olds usually fail; 15 minutes is an eternity to them. At followup as young adults: marshmallow task predicts later performance in school. Self control: the ability to inhibit dominant actions/ impulses, including resisting temptation. Delay of gratification: ability to delay an immediate reward that is smaller in favour of a larger more valuable reward. Both developmental differences, between age groups, and between individuals. Mischel marshmallow study: must resist eating the marshmallow right now to get a larger reward and self control later in life. Yolo approach) (cid:271)e(cid:374)di(cid:374)g (cid:449)he(cid:374) the (cid:272)hild es(cid:272)alates: (cid:271)e(cid:374)di(cid:374)g to their (cid:449)ill tea(cid:272)hes the(cid:373) that (cid:862)(cid:374)o(cid:863) (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s push the li(cid:373)it a little further. Strategy use: some children appear to have better strategies (remove the salience, distract oneself ie braiding hair), while others have poor strategies, such as tasting the marshmallow. Cultural context: we value saying no to children more in the past than we do now (a.
