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A new take on the marshmallow test
15 October 2020
Children wait longer for a treat when their reputation is at stake.
- Children, young people and families
- Social and behavioural
This is what happened when psychologists gave toddlers a version of the classic Marshmallow Test
05 April 2018
The US psychologist Walter Mischel famously tested children’s ability – aged four to six – to delay immediate gratification with his “Marshmallow Experiment”.
- Developmental
Rural Cameroonian pre-schoolers just aced Mischel’s iconic Marshmallow Test
07 July 2017
Comparing the performance of 125 four-year-olds from urban middle-class Germany with the performance of dozens of four-year-olds from the Nso farming families of rural Cameroon.
- Children, young people and families
- Developmental
- Race, ethnicity and culture
Circle time rituals help children beat the Marshmallow Test of self-control
03 March 2017
A new study in says there is something about the conformity and attention to detail in ritualistic games that makes them a highly effective way to improve children’s executive functioning and self-control.
- Developmental
The master of self-control
01 December 2014
Walter Mischel speaks to Lance Workman about his famous ‘Marshmallow Test’ and more.
- Decision making
- Personality and self
Children of today are better at delaying gratification than previous generations
20 September 2017
What did John Protzko at the University of California, Santa Barbara, find when he analysed 50 years worth of performance data on the Marshmallow Test?
- Children, young people and families
- Developmental
