This study is actually kind of sad, because upon further reflection on the data, it was found that the kids with “poor impulse control” were actually less likely to trust authority figures because they had experienced so many letdowns or broken promises from adult role models in their lives. Kids with happy home lives who were used to getting treats were way more likely to wait for the second marshmallow, whereas kids who had been consistently lied to or had never been given spontaneous treats by their caretakers were more likely to just take what was right in front of them.
Yep and now apply that to every life decision and suddenly the poverty cycle stops looking like a choice
What about marshmallows with poor impulse control?
They’ll jump in your mouth.
Ever heard of s’mores? Straight to the incinerator for those
This checks for me as a teacher. It’s obviously not a cure all since there could be many other things in play, but it’s wild how much progress kids with major behavior issues can make when they’re given consistency.
Oh shit now I’m sad.
Did anyone check if the 2 marshmellow kids were more prone to obesity in the future
They’d probably be less prone since they exhibited more self control.
Or they’re just used to getting a lot of sugar for doing basic things
The kid is smart, he gets an healthy dose of marshmallow now instead of a sickening quantity later
There is no such thing as a healthy dose of marshmallows. AMAS!
AMAS - All Marshmellows Are Slippery??
No, All Marshmallows Are Sickening
An apple a day keeps the social experiment away
God I hate having to upvote such heretic beliefs, but you did add to the conversation… albeit negatively…
Unlike methamphetamines…
Just curious… What would a healthy dose of methamphetamines be? Hypothetically, of course.
Whatever the doctor prescribed. A lot of ADHD meds are technically meth
Pretty sure that’s not meth, those are amphetamine or dextro-amphetamine. I’m not a chemist but the meth part makes a biiig difference in my experience. I love Adderall once and awhile for busy days, cleaning, hiking, whatever, but the only time I did meth I geeked the fuck out for 14 hours and nearly beat my dick to death, woke up 2 days late enrolled in college (years after school with no intention of going to college lol). It was fun and easy to see how people get so strung out on it but I was far from functional.
while i can appreciate that you’re at least respecting that medication choices are between a doctor and a patient, i would love for this myth that ADHD meds are meth to die.
it’s incredibly frustrating to see this sort of misinformation perpetuated. it is not difficult to search “differences between adderal and meth”, here’s one such link if you’d like: https://www.healthline.com/health/adhd/how-do-adderall-and-meth-methamphetamine-differ#differences
there is only technically ONE ADHD medication which is meth, which is… methamphetamine, and as i understand it, it is prescribed very rarely and is quite different from illegal meth
adderal, ritalin, and other less frequently used stimulants are not called meth because they are not meth
this misinformation is harmful because it perpetuates the idea that illegal drugs are the same shit that people are taking for treatment, often for necessary functioning or quality of life, and also perpetuates the judgement of those people for taking those important medications. these associations or judgements can make. people reluctant to get diagnosed or treated, which can prevent them from living their lives to the fullest
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Calvin?
I prefer to think of him as “Subject C”.
Oh ye, that experiment was rather bad
Especially the version with carnivorous marshmallows!
big Aperture Science energy
“Pick up a rifle and follow the yellow line. You’ll know when the test begins.”
Wait, is this the version where the marshmallow would get either one or two kids to eat?
I had to zoom in
sometimes i think about that kid in the experiment who was sat down and told to wait some time before eating the sweetness put in front of him
that his patience would bring a reward
and i think about how they laughed when he didn’t succeed in waiting and instead crammed the entire gummy bear into his mouth the second they left
looking so guilty afterward
the way they gloated and collected data and prognosticated about his future job prospects and potential success-
certainly not as good as those who waited, they saidit was something about self-control
i know all too well that when he got home there were probably no sweets
or if there were, they were there for a moment only
before being snatched away by either cruel hands or circumstance,no guarantee that promises meant anything, much less that they were kept.
if it had been me in that chair
i’d have eaten it too.My mom took my little brother to participate in a child psych study like this when he was a toddler (mom had some ties to the university). It was a very similar experiment with skittles as the prize. My brother sat staring glumly at the candy the whole time. The test administrator was increasingly enthusastic with praise after each round right up until the end when she congratulated him and said that he could have the whole bag. He said “no thanks” and ran back to mom crying because he was told there would be candy but they only had skittles, which he very much did not like (and for that matter still doesn’t). The administrator was apparently embarrassed and told my mom that she thought that all kids liked skittles…
Just to confuse him, wait five minutes then eat just one of them.
There’s lots of talk about the kids who didn’t wait 5 minutes, but I also find it interesting to read about the kids who did delay gratification. It’s not that they were superior specimens, or junior ascetics, or reborn Buddhist monks. They were as tempted as the rest.
They mostly avoided temptation by coming up with games to distract themselves. It’s something creative and it can both be learned and improved like a skill. It reminds me of the people who compete in memory games. It’s not a super normal talent, it’s games people can practice.
It does raise a question why kids who could do this were more academically successful later, and if kids who are taught this will have similar success later. Important questions that should be considered carefully.
