Talk:Delayed gratification

never mind.

Is Impulse Control the Same as Deferred Gratification?

Impulse control redirects here. Are they really the same? DCDuring 02:51, 10 September 2007 (UTC)

Alternative Arguments?

This information seems rather poorly reasoned. Are there no other studies to present here?

Why would someone who experienced random punishment in response to working towards long term goals be equally as able to delay gratification?

IE someone whose parent's downplayed their every accomplishment, who lost a great deal of savings due to some unfortunate event, or who were punished in other ways. It seems likely that such kids would subconsciously reason that short term gratification was a sure thing compared to uncertain longterm gratification, thus they would be intuitively directed to focus on current gratification.

Also people who received such random punishment would obviously be more likely to be considered irritable.