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Jiang presents delayed gratification as the first standard theory of success: the successful child can defer immediate pleasure for a larger future reward.
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Marshmallow Test
Jiang presents delayed gratification as the first standard theory of success: the successful child can defer immediate pleasure for a larger future reward.
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Jiang redefines the marshmallow test as a measure of trust in authority rather than a measure of raw self-control; for a poor child, eating the marshmallow can be rational.
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"...Walter Mischel. And he devised a very famous experiment called the Marshmallow Test. And the Marshmallow Test, it's very, very easy, okay? So imagine..."
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"And you can have it right now. But if I come back and the marshmallow is still there, I will give you two marshmallows,..."
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"They avoid jail. They avoid drugs. They avoid alcohol. They're more lean. They're more fit. They live longer. Better teeth. And those who cannot..."
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"What is the marshmallow test? Marshmallow test is not a test of self -control. It's a test of your trust. Trust in others, right?..."
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A source-grounded reading of Jiang's lecture on success, class, parenting, schools, and revolution: self-control turns out to be trust, parenting turns out to be strategy, social mobility turns out to be governance, and revolution...
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