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Marshmallow Experiment Dbq

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Success is something everyone desires to achieve in life. Walter Mischel first conducted the marshmallow experiment in 1968. This experiment was to study if willpower determined success. Accordingly, they determined that someone's willpower insisted on relay gratification, cognitive control ,and impulsive buying. The experiment sparked a scientific focus on personality traits and it’s importance on being successful. The marshmallow experiment was a test on four-year-old children to see if they were willing to wait fifteen minutes to get two marshmallows instead of one. The kids were to ring a bell in order to eat the marshmallow ,but would give up the chance to get the second one.(Source 1) Children extended their self control by coming up

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