PSY/250 PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSONALITY

ReadCh. 16, p. 519 - Social control

ReadCh. 16, p. 520 - Self-control

ReadCh. 18, p. 601 - Marshmallows and Self-Regulation Across the Lifespan

Imagine that you were invited to participate in Walter Mischel's experiment called the "marshmallow test" that he conducted on children (ages 3, 4, and 5) at Standford University. Based on your personality and some retroactive reflection, predict that you probably would have responded (at age 3, 4, or 5) to the marshmallow test(which - different candies, crackers, and snacks, not just marshmallows).

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1. Would you have been able to exercise willpower, self-regulation, and delayed gratification (at age 3, 4, or 5) in the marshmallow test? Why or why not?Ch. 18, p. 601 - Marshmallows
2. What techniquesdid you useor (in reflection)could have usedas a kid to delay gratification?
3. Based on your (hypothetical) response to the marshmallow test, what might Skinner's Behaviorist theory have to say about your childhood personality? Incorporate these 2 terms in your response:
4. Social control - Ch. 16, p. 519
5. Self-control, Ch. 16, p. 520