"Winters isn't sure that Mischel's marshmallow task could be replicated today" Winter's is not sure that this experiment could be replicated today because a child's self control has changed dramatically over the last decade. Our society has changed into an "instant gratification" type of society. The technology of today is substantially catered towards fast fixes. If i see something that i want, i need to get it. it is as if we are addicted and until we get that so called "fix" it will bother us until it is ours.
Today's technology has become consumed with instant gratification. Therefore, i feel this experiment would definitely prove to be an epic failure if replicated today. For example, in earlier times, kids had to wait for food that is simply "warmed up" in the microwave to get their instant gratification of food fulfilled. Instant gratification has become very popular. An example would be the "like" button on facebook. Some people post a status on facebook just so they can get the instant gratification of someone so called "liking" it.
Similar to food being warmed up in the microwave now, parents also stop at fast food restaurants on their way home. It is fast, cheap, and easy. Giving instant gratification to both children and the adults. The parent doesn't have to go home and spend time cooking, and the children get the fast greasy food ready to eat in the car. What they dont think about is how bad it is for ou, health wise. Parents have become so lazy and money conscious that they take the easiest root to giving their children and yet themselves as well, the instant gratification. A gratifiying act, which ends up becoming a habbit and satisfying to both.
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