Question

Psychological researcher Walter Mischel gave preschoolers a choice between one marshmallow now or two marshmallows when he returned a few minutes later. Children who chose to wait for two marshmallows demonstrated

a) a pruning process.
b) formal operational thinking.
c) delay of gratification.
d) postconventional morality.
e) delay of gratification.

Answer 1

Is this a trick question? There are two of the same answer lol. Nevertheless, I believe the answer is “delay of gratification.”