Sunday, September 27, 2009

Marshmallow Test

This video on youtube is so cute. I've heard about this test before but never seen a video of it! A researcher leads a child into a room with a single marshmallow in it. She tells the child if he/she waits for her to return, then the child can have another marshmallow. It's funny to watch what the kids do to try to distract themselves. I've also heard about research done on people who did this study as kids. Something about kids who learn self discipline young and maintaining it when they're older...Not quite sure, but this video is cute:

1 comment:

Julie said...

I've seen several of these when I took some courses in college. (sociology courses???)