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		bell-cot on Aug 2, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Marshmallow Test does not reliably predict adu... Imagined childish reasoning: I could eat one marshmallow now, and hopefully finish this stupidboringweird test sooner and go home. Or I could be stuck here longer, for one crappy little marshmallow, showing that I know how to play a stupid suck-up little teacher's pet.

trallnag on Aug 2, 2024 [–]

How is this childish reasoning?

bell-cot on Aug 2, 2024 | [–]

No interest in gaming the test, to make himself look better to grown-ups.

Obviously short attention span. And no filter on his emotions.

(Which is not to say that it's wrong. Unless you're at serious risk of starvation, a marshmallow is only a feeble token reward.)

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