Marshmallow Experiment – Human Programming
Stanford university recently conducted an experiment for the BBC that replicated one they did 40 years ago that was used to reveal certain behaviours in children that can predict future academic success and happiness. For the experiment a four year old child is left alone in a room with a plate of three marshmallows, the child is told they have to wait for up to twenty minuets before they can eat all THREE marshmallows. However the child is also told, if they can’t wait for the full twenty minuets then they should ring a bell and they will then only be allowed to have ONE marshmallow. This experiment has been proved to predict a child’s academic potential as well as the child’s future success and happiness. The original experiment concluded after observing all of the children growing up over 40 years that all of the children able to wait for the full twenty minuets were more likely to do well in later life. [ read more ]
