The readings this week was on kids who had been tested on.
The test was for boys and girls that were four years old. The kids were put in
a room with a marshmallow infront of them, if they waited 15minutes and not eat
the marshmallow they could get a second one but, if they ate the marshmallow
they could not get the second one. This
demonstrates delay gratification. Delay gratification is the ability to resist the temptation for an immediate reward and
wait for a later reward.
From the
readings and videos that I have watched and read this week I have came up with
many different questions. My first question is that I didn’t understand how
they are able to base someone’s success on how they acted when they were four
years old. If I took this test when I was four I would have ate the marshmallow
probably even before the instructor walked out of the room. I was born with ADD
but was not diagnosed with it until I was 8 years old. When I was little it was
so hard for me to even hold a pencil. With having undiagnosed ADD I would have
failed that test and the instructors of the test would have said that I
wouldn’t be very successful, as I got older. I beg to differ, now that I was
treated and receiving the help that I needed I believe that I was a successful
high school student and I hope to take my success into my future years.
Another
question I have is that are their parents teaching them delayed gratification.
As I was growing up my parents would always tell me that if I got straight A’s
on my report card they would give me $100.00. I never did receive straight A’s
but they saw how hard I was working to get straight A’s. I had multiple tutors
and would stay after school or go in early for extra help. It has been like
that from 7th grad to my senior year of constant tutors and extra
help. My parents never did give me to money because I never deserved it but in
result of me trying my best they bought me a car. Even though I was taught
delayed gratification growing up I don’t believe that I was at age 4.
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