Marshmallow Dbq

Marshmallow
“Almost every successful person begins with two beliefs: The future can be better than the present, and i have the power to make it so.” To succeed in life you have to have willpower and patience. Some people have more willpower and self control than others. Some give into pressure because they don't have patience or self control. You can use certain ways to keep you from giving into pressure such as covering your eyes or moving away from whatever it is that is causing the pressure.
In the article from Wired magazine by Jonah Lehrer he stated that “He invited a four year old into a small room and made her an offer, She could either eat one marshmallow right away or wait fifteen minutes and she could eat two marshmallows”(Source #1). He did this to test the child’s self control and willpower. Many children couldn’t even wait a minute but some were able to cover their eyes or stand in a corner to forget about the temptation and the ones that waited got two marshmallows. “The correlations were clear: The children who rang the bell within a minute were much more likely to have behavioral problems, both in school and at home. They struggled in stressful situations,

But perhaps not!” He did another test and decided that the ability to stop temptation is not a skill everyone knows this is a skill that must be learned. “He states that only one of the fourteen children in the unreliable condition held out for the full fifteen minute wait. They may have assumed that the second marshmallow, just like the art supplies, was a big lie.” If children think that something is a lie they are obviously going to go with the choice that is already in front of them because they know that it is