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| Personality Studies | 1 |
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| Self Control | 1 |
| Symbolic Learning | 1 |
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| Journal of Personality and… | 1 |
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| Moore, Bert | 1 |
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Peer reviewedMischel, Walter; Moore, Bert – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1973
The effects of attention to symbolic presentation of contingent rewards, in the form of slide-presented images, on children's ability to wait for the delayed reward were investigated. Attention to the symbolic contingent rewards greatly increased the duration of the children's delay of gratification. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Individual Power, Need Gratification, Personality Studies
