The Marshmallow Test: 1960 vs 2018
- The most famous willpower experiment was the Marshmallow Test (on delayed gratification) that was developed by Prof Walter Mischel in the 1960s.
- His results showed that those who managed to hold out were doing much better, had higher test scores, and lower BMIs.
- This was contested by Prof Greg Duncan who in his experiment showed in his results that although the kids did better, but to a much smaller degree than the original research.
- They also took account of the children's family background as a factor.
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