Don’t eat the marshmallow
- In 3-4 sentences explain the marshmallow experiment.
- After the professor left, how many children ate their marshmallow? How long did they wait before eating it?
- What did the other 1/3 of the children do?
- Explain Posada’s opinion on the principle for success.
- Describe the follow-up study.
- What examples does Posada give in defining what success at 18 looks like?
- What happened to the kids who did eat their marshmallow before the 15 minutes passed?
- What happened when the study was reproduced in other countries?
- Why does Posada think it is important for us, in America, to teach delayed gratification?
- How can we teach this in schools?
- Do you think it would have a big impact on our society if we were able to teach this? Explain your response with evidence from the talk to support your answer.