If this “test” was to retrieve data about “decision fatigue” and if the kids who took the marshmallow are tired of being controlled imagine the difference if the person who directed the experiment was different. Especially in little kids, if they were just put on a 10 minute time out by their mom earlier that day and they were still kind of mad at them, imagine if their mom told them to wait to eat the marshmallow. Maybe the kids who withheld from eating the marshmallow waited because they had no reason to “disobey” the director, but if they were in that situation with their mom or whoever upset them previous to the experiment, they may have responded differently.
There are so many variables that could've changed the experiment. That's why it is so weird to see the data that came out from it. I'm not sure how I feel about the experiment.
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