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Anybody seen this test before?
“The marshmallow test is one of the most famous pieces of social-science research: Put a marshmallow in front of a child, tell her that she can have a second one if she can go 15 minutes without eating the first one, and then leave the room. Whether she’s patient enough to double her payout is supposedly indicative of a willpower that will pay dividends down the line, at school and eventually at work. Passing the test is, to many, a promising signal of future success.”
Yep, I've heard of it. In the original test the subjects were also told if they waited then they would get another sweet...
The ones that did wait were better with finance & money managment later in life..
It's just a good job I wasn't subjected to this test as a kid. Pending on my BG levels at the time, I could have been tipped as the next Allan Sugar. Or living in a box..