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What is the term for the belief that one can exert control over stressful events, making them more tolerable, even if one has no control?
Panic button effect
What did Walter Mischel and his colleagues develop a laboratory method for testing in children?
Capacity to delay gratification
In the study, what did successful delay of gratification in children correlate with later in life?
Higher success in life
What did many of the children do to resist the temptation of an immediate reward in the study?
Covered their eyes or engaged in other distractions
What was deduced about those who had been successful in delaying their gratification in the study?
"They were also more successful in life"
Test your knowledge on the concept of delay of gratification and the belief in exerting control over stressful events. Learn about the panic button effect and the research by Walter Mischel and his colleagues.
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