Question

James refuses to complete his homework and insists that he be given a candy immediately. james's father tells him that he would get a whole box of candies if he finished his homework. james decides that he wanted the entire box and completes his homework. by agreeing to wait for the candy box, james is exhibiting ________.

Answer 1

James refuses to complete his homework and insists that he be given a candy immediately. James's father tells him that he would get a whole box of candies if he finished his homework. James decides that he wanted the entire box and completes his homework. by agreeing to wait for the candy box, James is exhibiting delayed gratification.

Answer 2

The answer is "delayed gratification!"

(an alternative term is "deferred gratification).

Delayed gratification means that a person is capable to resist a reward because they know that resisting the reward will be better for them, typically because a later reward will be bigger.

Here, James is able to resist the temptation for one candy because he knows, later he will receive a lot more!