As children develop, their ability to wait longer for
greater rewards increases. Older children are better able to resist having a
smaller reward now to obtain a bigger reward later. This is called delayed
gratification, and it’s a process that we often use throughout our daily lives.
Specifically, the ways in which children think about the rewards and handle
their desires become more sophisticated, allowing them to wait longer periods
of time when faced with such choices.
The MSU MAP project looks at behaviors and thought processes
similar to delayed gratification in children ages five to seven. We hope to
better understand how such behaviors and thought processes develop, as well as
how they’re related to parenting behaviors, patterns of brain activity, and a
range of other factors. Understanding how children think and develop is
important in order to create better learning environments to provide children
with more positive outcomes throughout childhood and beyond.
Below is a fun video explaining the concept of delayed
gratification.
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