Moms – Elisa Cinelli
Children are more likely to delay gratification for a cooperative cause than for an individual incentive, according to a new study. Is this just peer pressure in action, or does it suggest a developing sense of interdependence? Back in 1972, psychologist Walter Mischel led a now-famous study at Stanford University that has come to be known as “The Marshmallow Test”. In a look at will power and delayed gratification, Mischel placed one marshmallow in front of his child test subjects. He told the children that they could eat the marshmallow, but if they waited, they could eat two. Then he left the room for about ten minutes.
https://www.moms.com/children-show-better-self-control-when-they-depend-on-each-other/