Delayed Gratification | Episode 1 | Full Episodes | PWMW Podcast

Delayed Gratification | Episode 1 | Full Episodes | PWMW Podcast

Today we discuss different experiments on delayed gratification. Have we discovered why Julien can’t resist Jianna’s cookies? Join us as we explore why people struggle with delayed gratification and some tips on improving it in youth and adults.

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References:

The Original Marshmallow Experiment:
Mischel, W., & Ebbesen, E. B. (1970). Attention in delay of gratification. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 16(2), 329–337. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0029815

The Second Marshmallow Experiment:
Mischel, W., Ebbesen, E. B., & Raskoff Zeiss, A. (1972). Cognitive and attentional mechanisms in delay of gratification. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 21(2), 204–218. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0032198

Follow Up Correlated Higher Delayed Gratification To Higher SAT Scores:
Shoda, Yuichi; Mischel, Walter; Peake, Philip K. (1990). "Predicting adolescent cognitive and self-regulatory competencies from preschool delay of gratification: Identifying diagnostic conditions". Developmental Psychology. 26 (6): 978–986. doi:10.1037/0012-1649.26.6.978.


More Info on the Marshmallow Experiments:
https://www.simplypsychology.org/marshmallow-test.html


The Globe and Mail Marshmallow Experiment:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4L-n8Z7G0ic

Why Rich Kids are So Good at the Marshmallow Test:
Watts TW, Duncan GJ, Quan H. Revisiting the Marshmallow Test: A Conceptual Replication Investigating Links Between Early Delay of Gratification and Later Outcomes. Psychol Sci. 2018 Jul;29(7):1159-1177. doi: 10.1177/0956797618761661. Epub 2018 May 25. PMID: 29799765; PMCID: PMC6050075.

Teaching Children Delayed Gratification:
https://afineparent.com/emotional-intelligence/delayed-gratification.html

Tips on Delayed Gratification - Psychology Today:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/the-age-overindulgence/202001/strategies-teach-children-delayed-gratification

Cuttlefish Passing the Marshmallow Test:
Schnell, A.K., Boeckle M., Rivera M.,Clayton N.S., Hanlon R.T. (2021). Cuttlefish exert self-control in a delay of gratification task. The Royal Society Publishing. 288. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.3161

Delayed Gratification:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delayed_gratification

Prefrontal cortex:
Latzman, R. D., Taglialatela, J. P., & Hopkins, W. D. (2015). Delay of gratification is associated with white matter connectivity in the dorsal prefrontal cortex: a diffusion tensor imaging study in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Proceedings. Biological sciences, 282(1809), 20150764. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.0764

Strengthening Your Brain:
https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/follow-hbp/news/brains-of-smarter-people-have-bigger-and-faster-neurons/

MasterClass - Improving Frontal Cortex Function:
https://www.humanbrainproject.eu/en/follow-hbp/news/brains-of-smarter-people-have-bigger-and-faster-neurons/