The Marshmallow Test (Stanford Experiment + Truth)

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[LivingALifeOfAbundance]

The best career advice that I learned is don’t ever attach your-self to a PERSON, a place, a company, an organization or a project. Only Attach your-self to your mission in life and your PURPOSE. That’s how you keep your power and keep your peace!

[jasonluong]

Just give your kids lots of love. Give hugs when asked. Offer hugs whenever you see they are upset. Don't promise unless you know you can deliver. If you can't, apologize and explain why. These simple acts of kindness and love can do wonders to any children include those who cannot delay gratification. Sometimes science search for something that is already known, just to add a few data points in their experiments without really changing the results.

[MrHabilis]

I know I am commenting on a year old video, which in itself is reporting on a 60 year old experiment, however, I have often wondered about little nuances that may have gone unnoticed in the children and so, not recorded, and therefor not researched in later visits. For instance:
- if the child ate the marshmallow, but lied about it saying someone else came into the room and ate it -- was later found to be a pathological lair.
- if the child ate the marshmallow, but lied about it saying that the adult didn't leave one in the first place -- was later found to have short-term memory issues.
- if the child wanted to negotiate with the adult regarding exactly how long they had to wait and if they waited longer could they get 3 marshmallows -- later became a politician
- if the child argued with the adult about getting the second marshmallow up front and then do the waiting afterwards -- later became a used car salesman.
- if the child put the marshmallow in her pocket, but then wanted to argue the point that she had not eaten it, so now she deserved 2 more marshmallow -- was later found to be my ex-wife.
...the list is endless

[coleroyce]

I was the youngest of 3 boys. We did not grow up with much means. I recall countless times, we’d get a treat, like a Kit Kat or a Twix bar. I’d slowly eat 1 Twix bar and save the other, my brothers would inhale there whole candy bar then pick on me and try, sometimes achieving stealing my saved half. Needless to say, one is a drug addict and the other buys and lives way beyond his means and has made many poor decisions in his adult life, setting him back for the years to come.

[gordonbgraham]

If the child comes from a large family of around 5 to 8 kids...and is used to having to grab things immediately or go without. If the child is always being told one thing and the parents do the other...like withholding treats. If the kid decides he/she only wants one marshmallow...If the kid hates marshmallows...etc. etc. etc.

[Paidi]

In the video is mentioned, that the factor economic situation of the families sort of explains the results and the narrator attributes it to abundance, and also the education level of the parents. Might it also relate to the parenting style, as more educated parents may be more likely to have a better parenting style?

[nicoleonfeels]

When I hear marshmallow test, I think of how many marshmallows you can put in your mouth 😂

[matthewlloyd]

Make a bit of a mockey of the old idioms "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"

[franklinturtle]

They did the marshmallow test on me when I was a child. I saw where they kept the marshmallows. I waited until they left the room, and then ate all the marshmallows except for the 1 they left me on the plate like cheap bastards. How did I do?

[andymanaus]

The experiment hasn't been debunked. It has merely been explained more deeply. The marshmallow test could only examine a single point in time of a child's development and compare it to later single-point development. It is informative and useful to see the reasons why children's momentary impulses were gratified or not, but that doesn't disprove the test.

The next step of explaining why a strong impulse control exists or not, helps us to develop a childhood environment that promotes a child's impulse control, thereby giving him or her the power to give up immediate gratification in return for long term success and even freedom from addictions. But that was not in the scope of the original test. Without the marchmallow test, the subsequent tests and examinations could never have been performed. You have to start somewhere.

[lifetheslowway]

This test assumes healthy parenting. It doesn’t account for children whom make decisions out of fear not self-control. A child can delay eating the marshmallow will probably delay eating two more out of fear of what the parent will say. And if the parent is reporting 10 years later the parent might lie. The child might be in horrible situation but not based on their own self control but abuse in the home.

[benjacobs]

Can here to look for my problem of agression and while its not direct related on topics i think i can use part of it. Like i can not remove my temptation (the triggers for my agression) but i can distract myself from it. Instead of suppressing the anger of acting on it. Btw nice video keep up the good work.

[meenki]

It's funny, I showed my daughter a video on the Marshmellow Test when she was 6 years old. It didn't mention any possible errors. But all the same, she just took it as true and applied it. Now, she's top of her class, works to make and save her own money, while making time for friends and computer. She just accepted it as true and integrated patience and hard work in her value system.

[leptitecran]

In the experience, is the test take in consideration the possibility of children hate marshmallow? All children don't like marshmallow. Maybe having access to the documents of this experience could be interesting on this point

[SortofUnpleasant]

What if the kids didn't like marshmallows? 🤔

[steveurkel]

Those who patiently endure will have a successful life

[topphatt]

I literally searched this up because I watched a video where it mentioned that this really just showed that poor kids are disadvantaged.

[Blue_ocean]

Instant gratification vs Delayed gratification. I have been in my delayed gratification journey for over 3 years now. What does that say about me? 🤔👑

[Korradoar]

yeah i can see a bunch of outliers and other factors that might screw with the results..

[drkpaladin]

I think recent tests trying to debunk the Marshmallow Test are in themselves flawed. For example, a parent who is aware of the test is going to try and adjust their parenting. Most college educated people are required to take psych 101, and learn about this test. It also doesn't account for societal differences between now and then, after 50 years. If I weren't aware of the marshmallow test, I probably wouldn't have stressed patience/delayed gratification and rewarded it when raising my kids, and I'm sure they would be worse off for it.