...Physical development such as puberty begin to take place and the brain is able to develop more independent, adult like qualities and processes. This transitions promotes the ability to control urges, construct propositions, produce rational conclusions, and establish independence from parents/guardians. During this stage, I would recommend teaching the importance of self control and awareness of consequences. An experiment conducted by Walter Mischel showed the effects of delayed gratification and its role in development in further stages. It was observed that when a child delayed gratification, they exhibited ideal qualities (I.e. healthier, higher salary, increased happiness) in their future happenings. This quality of learning and making a reasonable judgment affected how the individual made decisions further in life, paving a beneficial mindset for their following years. That is why implementing lessons such as these are important in the successful growth of the...
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...Marshmallow Test Walter Mischel and Delayed Gratification Walter Mischel, an American psychologist who’s experiments pulled the outcome that self-control is the key to personal success. Mischel was born in Vienna Austria in 1930, the youngest of two brothers. His father following the Nazi occupation moved his family to the United States, landing in Brooklyn New York in 1940. In the early 1960’s he devised a study on preschool aged children on delayed gratification. Placing the children in a barren room with noting to entertain or distract them, only themselves and the table. Entering the room with a tasty treat such as a marshmallow he offered it to the children but not before presenting them with a choice. The children could have the marshmallow immediately or they could receive two marshmallows upon awaiting the return of Michel. Through these experiments Michel was able to conclude that self-control is the key to personal success. I have had the blessing to not have an addictive personality so to quit smoking was not a difficult task for me, however the struggle with that one task is what lead Walter Mischel to the development of his experiment on self-control. Walter Michel started smoking at a very young age and continued his habit...
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...Easing himself into the tub, Tom released a contented sigh as the warm water washed over his aching leg muscles. Soft music played in the background, the low quality, tinny sound of the small transistor radio invoking memories of his childhood. Almost instantaneously, a kaleidoscope of images flashed through his head. Each one was carefully selected for maximum pleasure, and closing his eyes, he leaned back against the hard porcelain and took a stroll down memory lane. A small smile tweaked the corners of his lips. He was back in the fourth grade, and he’d just hit the winning run in the final game of the little league playoffs. Coach Edison had taken the team out for pizza, and he’d positioned Tom at the head of the table, in what he referred to as the hero’s seat. It was a proud moment for the youngest Hanson, and he’d relished the adoration. But of course, all that was before the death of his parents, when he was still a normal American kid doing normal American things. Time and circumstance had changed him, and he no longer enjoyed being in the spotlight, preferring to keep a low profile wherever possible. As far as he was concerned, it was better to be unseen and unheard than face a crowd full of jeering people pointing at you. It didn’t take long for the memories of Booker’s verbal attack to chase away his happy thoughts, and his serene smile slowly faded. When he’d returned to work, he’d found himself facing more ridicule. In his absence, Sergeant Parry had coined the...
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...The Stanford marshmallow experiment[1] refers to a series of studies on delayed gratification in the late 1960s and early 1970s led by psychologist Walter Mischel, then a professor at Stanford University. In these studies, a child was offered a choice between one small reward (sometimes a marshmallow, but often a cookie or a pretzel, etc.) provided immediately or two small rewards if he or she waited until the experimenter returned (after an absence of approximately 15 minutes). In follow-up studies, the researchers found that children who were able to wait longer for the preferred rewards tended to have better life outcomes, as measured by SAT scores,[2] educational attainment,[3] body mass index (BMI)[4] and other life measures.[5] However, recent work calls into question whether self-control, as opposed to strategic reasoning, determines children's behavior. The purpose of the original study was to understand when the control of deferred gratification, the ability to wait to obtain something that one wants, develops in children. The original experiment took place at the Bing Nursery School located at Stanford University, using children age four to six as subjects. The children were led into a room, empty of distractions, where a treat of their choice (Oreo cookie, marshmallow, or pretzel stick) was placed on a table, by a chair.[1] The children could eat the marshmallow, the researchers said, but if they waited for fifteen minutes without giving in to the temptation, they...
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...question of every college student that does not spend their education time wisely. In today’s society, media and social network seem to be the main focus of most college students with low self-control. For those that have low self-control there is less time used focusing on learning. Research on decision making suggest that if college students are left to their own devices they will choose to spend their time on guilty pleasures rather than class work. This paper will support Panek’s theory that, “interaction between the high choice media environment and user’s low self- control accounts for decline in learning among college students”(Panek, 2013). In the article Panek shows that students with low self-control choose immediate gratification and forfeit the benefits of waiting the long term. Panek (2013) noted, guilty pleasure appeals and take up a majority of the time that could be spent on learning. He says, “guilty pleasures appeals to one desire for immediate pleasure rather than one’s belief that they should partake of a product or experience so as to obtain long-term benefits” (Panek, 2013, p.563). Panek used a review of literature on temptation and self-control and self-control and media choice to prove his hypothesis. Panek, (2013) suggested that the college students that overuse are aware of the overuse of leisure because they have no self-control. Panek (2013) admitted that because of the small population that they interviewed, that their research does not definitively...
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...Many of today’s values are derived from respect and responsibility. It is the basis for civility and consideration towards others. We can’t get away with being rude our entire lives and never expect to pay the consequences. Our actions will always lead to some sort of punishment or reward. A disrespectful person will not be followed by good things. If a person is being treated with respect, they are being shown that you expect good things to precede you and them as well. A wise man shows regard for another’s thoughts. Recent studies (conducted by the University of California, Davis) reveal that a happy person that desires a peaceful existence gives and receives more respect as opposed to a person with blatant disrespect for those around them. Today, so many of us are busy with our own hectic schedules that we don’t have a lot of room for anyone else or their needs or feelings. This doesn’t show the intention of being rude or disrespectful, but in reality that is exactly what it translates into. We are losing out on so many things by being rude and inconsiderate. We miss opportunities to excel and to better ourselves as an individual as well as for your career. Since the first key step to building any relationship, whether it be work related or personal, is respect, then the absence or breakdown of respect is a key factor in the breakdown relationships and the occurrence of conflict. Another way of understanding why respect is so important is to imagine a world without...
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...John Palfrey, a former executive director of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society once stated, “Television did not transform education. Neither will the internet. But it will be another tool for teachers to use in their effort to reach students in the classroom. It will also be a means by which students learn outside the classroom” (pg. # if available – if not just put the period inside the quotations and delete all of this). Social media is so popularized today that it is finding its way into the classroom. It is available 24/7 on a variety of different devices and has the potential to aid in academic success, but it also holds a lot of setbacks (Alwagait, Shahzad, and Alim 1092). When there is a lack of balance between social media and real life, many problems can arise. Some of the problems include lack of time management, poor academic standing, and lack of self-control. In many instances one or more of these problems overlap. * Make the font type the same throughout paper- may just be showing up different on my computer for some reason Time management is paramount to a successful college experience; therefore, poor time management can in turn affect academic performance. Factors that account for poor time management are known as time traps. Today, one of the biggest time traps is technology (Bal Bal- is this person’s last name Bal Bal or should it be Bal and Bal? 134). In the 21st century, social media and the use of technology have skyrocketed in popularity...
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...guided journal questions in Chapter Ten on page 251 (please write the number of the question you chose). (5 Points) Prompt: #1. Analyze your self-discipline for college by answering the following: How difficult or easy is it for you to delay gratification (wait for a reward)? Accept responsibility? Balance between immediate and delayed gratification? Explain thoroughly and use examples for each question. I think it is not easy for me to delay gratification because I feel everything is like a mess. For example, I will travel to Paris tomorrow. I think if I prepare my luggage one or two day before the flight’s day, it is sooner. Thus, I decide to prepare them in the morning before my flight. However, when I arrive at airport, I forget something such as my wallet or my passport because I don’t have enough time to check again. Maybe, I put somewhere in my handbag or my baggage and I can’t remember. We have to accept responsibility when we delay gratification. We can’t blame for time or someone else. For instance, when I have exam next day, I don’t review lessons. I think it won’t be waste lots of time before the exam. Therefore, I will review them quickly before taking exam. To balance between immediate and delayed gratification, I think we know how to manage time. Which date and time should be priority? We will do it immediately. For example, I have a test tomorrow, I will review lesson immediately. Another task I will study later. (5 Points) Prompt: #3 (not number...
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...Grit Test Questions: 1. New ideas and projects sometimes distract me from previous ones. • Not like me at all. 2. Setbacks don’t discourage me. • Not much like me. 3. I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest. • Not like me at all. 4. I am a hard worker. • Very much like me. 5. I often set a goal but later choose to pursue a different one. • Not like me at all. 6. I have difficulty maintaining my focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete. • Not much like me. 7. I finish whatever I begin. • Very much like me. 8. I am diligent. • Very much like me. 9. Gender • Male 10. Year of Birth • 1989 11. Do you currently live in the United States? • Yes 12. Ethnicity • Caucasian/White 13. Highest Level of Education • Associates Degree Result: 4.88 Out of 5 90% Grittier than people of your age. Ways to Improve My Grit I noticed throughout the test I had one question in particular that I had answered less than exceptional on. “It being difficult to maintain focus on projects that take more than a few months to complete.” I believe some of this is due to the fact that I am a patient person, but eventually my patience runs thin. This causes me to get\ discouraged and more willing to give up. Although, I have noticed throughout the years, as I get older, that my patience and my discouragement become less and less. I can...
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...|Grade Level: 4th & 5th Grades | |Topic: Behaviors that disrupt communication | |Essential Question: | |How do our personal behaviors affect the climate/atmosphere of the classroom? | |Activating Strategy/Introductory Activity/HOOK: | |Select 2 – 3 students to sit in chairs facing one another. Instruct the students to count how many times they can hit a balloon | |back and forth w/out it touching the floor and w/out getting out of their seats. Afterwards, discuss whether or not they wanted | |to “slam” the balloon at the other person. If so what they did about that impulse? How did they stop themselves? | |Teaching plan: | |Write IMPULSE on board and define – a feeling or urge to have to do or say s/thing | |Ask: | |Have you ever been told that you were...
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...VIDEO CONSENT AND RELEASE Effective as of the date shown below, approval for past use and permission for present and future use is being granted to Steven Good of 31 Hanover St., Charleston, South Carolina, 29403, (E-mail address: cody@deylandra.com), to use a picture or voice recording of Lillianna Makenza. Permission is being given by the undersigned, Lillianna Makenza (the "Recorded Party"), as more fully explained in this Consent and Release. The undersigned is an adult and fully authorized to sign this Consent and Release. For the consideration of $300.00, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned hereby grants to Steven Good its agents, employees, licensees, and successors in interest (collectively, the "Released Party") permission to copyright, use and publish the recorded image and/or voice of Lillianna Makenza in the video where she speaks to her daughter saying the word "Mama" and daughter responds instead with the word "Dada." (the "Image and/or Voice") that has been (or is being) obtained pursuant to this Consent and Release. The Image and/or Voice may be copyrighted, used and/or published individually or in conjunction with other photography, video works, and recordings, and in any medium (including without limitation, print publications, public broadcast, CD-ROM format) and for any lawful purpose, including without limitation, trade, exhibition, illustration, promotion, publicity, advertising and electronic publication. The undersigned...
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...Words to Live by; "My power lies in balance. I strive for equality and choose not to indulge in instant gratification at the expense of my purpose. I am responsible for my own decisions and take on only what I can handle based upon that which I value. I am empowered by choice and my asset is negotiation". Unfortunately, easier said than done. The power of peers always amazes me. I can have an absolute purpose in mind, and get me around several peers out for no good, and I become one of the pack. Becoming one of a pack can never have a good ending. It was going to be a boring Friday night. Just the thought of sitting at home watching some old rerun with my mom rubbed me the wrong way. But earlier, I had an invite from Jennifer to a birthday sleepover. At 17, I'm past the age for sleepovers but weighing my options, a sleepover didn't sound so immature. I found myself getting an address and saying I'll see you around 8. At home I get on Facebook to see who all is going to be there. The more I read, the more I know I shouldn't be attending this gathering. It has become more than a sleepover. The location has been moved to the house of some older boys who have graduated and are renting out a house referred to as the "party house". I know there will be no supervision, but this just makes it more interesting. I tell my mom, of course, it is still a sleepover for one of my friends birthday. I get her to drop me off before she has to go pick up my sister at...
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...with Kelly McGonagall”* The video for Week 2 Assignment is all about willpower and how it works. Having inner experiences and impulses and still directing the energy and attention to the things that matter the most to you. You have to know what you really want and not let the universe impose on you. You need to take action to have the ability to say yes to yourself. Willpower is like having three (3) powers I (will), I (wont), and I (want). I use me (will) and I (want) power the most and resist most of the temptations. I have self-compassion; I take small steps for small actions and get a bigger change. Sometimes we have to force ourselves to do things that we really don’t want to do but need to do. B. Article – “Academic Delay of Gratification, Motivation, and Self-regulated Learning Strategies”* 2. Using your own words define willpower and explain what it means to you.* What Willpower means to me is when you hold yourself back from doing something you may regret in the future. Having willpower is the ability to recognize when you’re about to do something that is inconsistent with your culture, values, and literally put on the I won’t brakes on and say I will. An example of when I used willpower is when I decided that I wanted to make healthier eating habits and shed some weight. See I’m the kind of person who likes junk food. I had to have the willpower not to eat junk food and try eating healthier snacks. It did work I lost a few pounds. Although I am the kind of person...
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...convenient for you. B. You do not have to fight crowds in the mall or store. 1. There is no traffic to worry about getting to the stores. 2. During the holiday season, you do not have to worry about many people crowding you. II. You can see what you are buying. A. Depending on what you buy, you can feel the item and actually see the item. 1. You can feel the texture or weight of an item. 2. You can see if the item is big or overweight. B. There is no wondering if you are getting the item that you ordered. 1. You can be positive that you are getting the correct item. 2. You can see the exact shade or style of what you are buying in person. III. Instant gratification A. There is no waiting to receive your item. 1. You are able to take your purchase home that same day. 2. Site to store is an option with many stores and it is possible to pick it up that day. B. Being able to choose when you need the item in question. 1. If you choose to buy in store, you can have it right away. 2. If you choose to buy online, you can wait up to a week for the item. Online, in store, it does not matter which form of shopping you prefer. There are many viable options from which to choose. You are bound to find the right one for...
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...Best Game Production: Company Background and Business Scenario Carolyn Williams January 14, 2013 Com/537 Organizational Communications Marian Karcher/Instructor Best Game Productions A large video game company. Created within (2) years Anticipating high among customers Game bug discovered (major dilemma) Customer disappointment and loss of sales Maintain customers faith and loyalty for future sales Dilemma Development has been for (2) years Release date had been delayed due to the recent discovery of the game’s bug Do they ignore the bug and release the video game on the anticipated date, or do they delay the game’s release to fix the bug? Customer Anticipation Unless the bug is fixed, the game will not release until January Causing customer disappointment and loss of holiday sales. However, releasing the game on the expected date could also cause customer disappointment Due to the decreased quality of the game, affecting company loyalty, and future game sales. Internal and External Stakeholders Owners CEO Creditors/Investors Customers The company’s developers, quality control, marketing, public relations, and finance employees Stakeholder Needs Maintain customer anticipating and excitement for the video game and released on time for the holidays Correct any gaming bugs that exist Stakeholder Motivations The game must meet the company’s standards of quality Time should be allowed to correct the problem Customers to receive...
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