What did the marshmallow test show?
The so-called “marshmallow test” was a study conducted in the 1960s and 1970s by Walter Mischel and Ebbe B. Ebbesen at Stanford University. In the study, children ages 4 to 6 were given a marshmallow and asked to wait 15 minutes before eating it. Those who waited for the allotted time were rewarded with a …
