Deferred
gratification and delayed gratification denote a person’s
ability to wait in order to obtain something that he or she wants. This intellectual attribute
is also called impulse control, will power, self control, and “low” time preference, in
economics. Hence, in formal accounting terms, an investor should calculate the net present value of
future rewards, and defer near-term rewards of lesser value. Sociologically,
good impulse control is considered a positive personality trait, which psychologist Daniel Goleman indicated
as an important component trait of emotional
intelligence. Moreover, people who lack the psychological trait of
being able to delay gratification are said to require instant
gratification and might suffer poor impulse control. The Stanford
Marshmallow Experiment (1972) indicates that good impulse
control might be psychologically important for academic achievement
and for success in adult life.[1] Research also indicates that animals do not defer
gratification, but instead apply hyperbolic
discounting, so, the intellectual problem
of delayed gratification isphilosophically fundamental to human nature.
!Mira que luna! Look at that moon! Resources for learning English
Fernando Olivera: El rapto.- TEXT FROM THE NOVEL The goldfinch by Donna Tartt (...) One night we were in San Antonio, and I was having a bit of a melt-down, wanting my own room, you know, my dog, my own bed, and Daddy lifted me up on the fairgrounds and told me to look at the moon. When "you feel homesick", he said, just look up. Because the moon is the same wherever you go". So after he died, and I had to go to Aunt Bess -I mean, even now, in the city, when I see a full moon, it's like he's telling me not to look back or feel sad about things, that home is wherever I am. She kissed me on the nose. Or where you are, puppy. The center of my earth is you". The goldfinch Donna Tartt 4441 English edition
El test Marshmallow es un famoso experimento que consiste en ofrecer un premio comestible a un niño de cuatro años con la promesa de que si es capaz de esperar cierto tiempo sin comerlo obtendrá otro premio mayor.No todos los niños esperan, y según los estudios llevados a cabo se ha demostrado estadísticamente que quienes pasan el test suelen alcanzar mayor madurez y éxito en etapas posteriores de la vida.
ReplyDeleteEl vídeo nos muestra las divertidas caras de los niños durante esos interminables 20 minutos de espera. No dejan de mirar ni por un segundo la apetecible nube de gominola…
¿Y tú en su lugar, te la habrías comido?
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