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Marshmallow Experiment Background
Fall 2010
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Why is this important?
What are the kids doing?
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Delayed Gratification =
Self Control or,Being Able to Say No or
to Wait
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Time
Focus on the Futurevs.
Focus on the Present
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You Can Improve Your Self Control
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Imagination
Some children avoided eating the marshmallow by imagining it as something else—a cloud, a table, a chef’s hat.
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Distraction
Do other activities that make you think, so you don’t think about the candy.
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Self-talk
The messages we “speak” to ourselves in our head to influence our thinking and our actions.
Hmm, just two more questions to answer, I
can finish this!
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Exercise
Students engaged in regular physical
activity have better
self-control.
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Breakdown complex tasks
Do attention training like looking and listening for details, and observing closely for solving complex puzzles.