Talk:Delayed gratification

never mind.

instant gratification

Why doesn't instant gratification have it's own article? It's not the same thing as deferred gratification. I know the term has been floating around for longer than the emotional intelligence books have.

Is Impulse Control the Same as Deferred Gratification?

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

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. mimo —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.109.85.220 (talk) 09:16, 18 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Link to the Survey is a waste of time

I went to the link currently #4 in the refs and took this long ass survey which I expected to come back with some useful info, but it very much didn't. Hope this saves somebody else some time. 74.78.162.229 (talk) 11:27, 19 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I took the survey and found the questions to be mildly interesting. I waited 20 minutes before submitting it though. --Stéphane Charette (talk) 07:27, 22 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I was going to take the Delaying Gratification Inventory but it said it was going to take 15 minutes to complete so I said "Fuck that." EVCM (talk) 16:53, 26 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Taking it further

It would be interesting to see a similar test done where the children are offered one marshmallow and promised the other marshmallow after 20 minutes. After the 20 minutes the children who did not take the first one are denied both marshmallows thus breaking the promise and see how the children relate to delayed gratification and broken promises as they grow up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 196.38.49.130 (talk) 12:58, 19 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Marshmallow Test results

I do not have documentation of these claims, but heard from a very reliable source that in the Marshmallow Experiment, the key conclusion that was reached in finding a deferred gratification gene was not the amount of time the subject 4-year-old waited before (if at all) giving into temptation, but the use of coping mechanisms in deferring gratification versus children who simply endured the time. E.G. a child who "closed their eyes", "clapped their hands", "sang songs", ect. to avoid thinking about the Marshmallow and only lasted 5 minutes still might score higher than a child who sat and stared at the Marshmallow for 20 minutes "torturing themselves" with the prospect of eating the Marshmallow. This is important because it is considered "unteachable in children of that age" and thus genetically inherent. If anyone can research this and add it in coherently with the appropriate attribution, it would help clarify the intent of the experiment. Thanks. --24.167.92.4 (talk) 23:48, 4 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]