To predict whether delayed gratification in childhood predicts impulse self control in adulthood
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Research method
Natural experiment, composed of 2 experiments- it used both an independent/repeated measures design.
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Sample
ps were 562 individuals who had completed a gratification delay task at the age of 4.
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Experiment 1
Behavioural task that tested whether people who less able to delay gratification in childhood would show less impulse control as adults suppressing responses to hot cues
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Experiment 2
researchers used fMRI to to examine neural correlates of delay of gratification in a task requiring responses to happy or fearful face expressions
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Conclusion
ps identified as low delayers as children had greater difficulty suppressing responses to those identified as high delayers.
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Conclusion
the ability to resist temptation differs between individuals
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Natural experiment, composed of 2 experiments- it used both an independent/repeated measures design.
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