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Re:Why young parents should focus on building trust with the... by MrBuddyCasino on Thursday February 13, 2025 @04:29AM (#43034249)
Like most everything else in social psychology, the Marshmallow Test is (largely) bullshit [0].

[0] "Delay of gratification and adult outcomes: The Marshmallow Test does not reliably predict adult functioning" https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cdev.14...

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Re:Why young parents should focus on building trust with the... by watwut on Thursday February 13, 2025 @08:24AM (#43035550)
Don't fault social psychologists for what pop culture does with what they wrote. Even author of the marshmallow test experiment is arguing against this simplistic interpretation of it.
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