By Angela Duckworth (University of Pennsylvania) Marshmallows are everywhere. From the Vanguard newsletter to Sesame Street to the Colbert Report, direct references to the “marshmallow test” suggest this simple task, invented by Walter Mischel and his colleagues a half-century ago to assess delay of gratification in preschoolers, has captured popular interest (Mischel, Ebbesen, & Zeiss,…
Sandeep Gautam's insight:
the marshmallow test does indeed measure self-control!