Marshmallow
The marshmallow is such a universally appealing object of desire and temptation that in 1972 it was used to test a human being’s capacity to delay gratification.
The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment was a 1972 study led by psychologist Walter Mischel. In this study, a child was offered a choice between a small but immediate reward, or two small rewards if he or she waited for a period of time. The researcher then left the…
