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Peer reviewedRitchie, Fiona K.; Toner, Ignatius J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1984
Investigates the influence on Scottish preschool children's self-control of labels regarding patience given directly to the children themselves, and of the expectations regarding the children's patience provided to adult testers. Childrens self-control was assessed in a task in which each child's possession of accumulating candy rewards was made…
Descriptors: Behavior Modification, Delay of Gratification, Experimenter Characteristics, Labeling (of Persons)
