Oh, The Temptation from Steve V on Vimeo.
Check out this brilliant video on the battle between instant and delayed gratification. It’s modeled after a test done by Walter Mischel at Stanford University in the 1960s. The test followed the subjects all the way to adulthood and it was discovered that the kids who were able to wait became smarter, more successful and get this, less likely to take drugs.
My theory is that girls are naturally predisposed to delayed gratification, and they’ve got loads more self-control, which explains why they’re generally smarter than boys.
I’m pretty sure Kirsten will pass with flying colors and she’ll be chilling like ice-cream filling the whole time, unbothered by the marshmallow. But Tru, I’m not so sure. He’ll be touching it, smelling it, licking it and grabbing his head in torment if he manages to wait it out. Given the startling results, I will conduct this test on him myself everyday until he learns to wait. And I will bind his hands with tape if I have to.
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