Resisting Temptation

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www.eatmedaily.com/2009/09/psychological-experiments-in-self-control-the-marshmallow-test/

This website shows the remake of an experiment done in the 1960s. The children are told that they can either eat the marshmallow right away and only get one, or wait until the woman comes back so that they would get two. I found it hilarious how tempted the kids were but that they had enough self control to get a better prize - a second marshmallow. This experiment really shows the differences of peoples self control.

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