ISS 215 Lecture 18: ISS 215 10.19 Notes (Life History, Delay of Gratification
21 Oct 2018
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Fast and slow life strategies are adaptive for the specific developmental conditions . But in broader society, fast life strategy is maladaptive for achievement of all kinds. It is harder for people with fast life strategies to succeed. Life is a game of delay of gratification: don"t take the easy choice now - wait for the bigger reward later (in modern societies) (virtually all of life is like this) Avoiding prison (can"t retaliate in the moment, can"t take high reward/high. Self-control in delay of gratification paradigm: the ability to postpone immediate, smaller rewards for later, larger rewards. Followed children throughout their lives through data on how they delay gratification // marshmallow test to 4/5 year olds. The longer the kids waited to eat the marshmallow, the better these kids did in life. Self-control in delay of gratification paradigm (amount of time child could delay at 4 years old) related to adolescent: Adolescent ratings by peer and parents as:
