PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pseudobulbar Affect, Retention Rate, Disinhibition
25 Mar 2015
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Long- term effects of temperament: walter mischel"s research on delay of gratification. 3-5 year old children tested in their preschool (kids from a high socio-economic background) One marshmallow/pretzel now, but if you wait 15 mins you can have two! Most of the kids couldn"t wait, unless they were given a toy or some sort of distraction: parents of participants contacted 10 years later. Frequency of problems in your child"s life: parents also rate child"s personality. Ego resilience- your ability to negotiate through things, the ability to bounce back (you"re able to go through problems then go back to normal) Ego control- over control, you"re too inflexible, not willing to take risks: correlation of seconds of delay at age 3-5 with. Ego control: r=0. 09 in follow up studies: correlated delay of gratification (in seconds) at age 3-5 to: Body mass at age 35 r = -. 19 (controlling for sex) r = . 42 r = . 57.
