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In a classic experiment with preschoolers, walter mischel gave children a choice to eat one marshmallow now or two marshmallows when he returned a few minutes later. mischel was testing _____ in the children. cognitive reasoning intuitive reasoning the capacity to delay gratification moral reasoning

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Mischel was testing the capacity to delay gratification.
Delayed gratification refers to the ability to resist the initial temptation to take a reward immediately, and rather wait a bit to get an even better reward later. So, he wanted to see if children would eat one marshmallow immediately or wait a bit for him to return so that they can eat two marshmallows instead of just one.
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