Conscientiousness appears to be about 40 to 50 percent heritable, so conscientious parents tend to raise conscientious kids.

The marshmallow test is one of the most famous pieces of social-science research: Put a marshmallow in front of a child, tell her that she can have a second one if she can go 15 minutes without ...

Over the years, the marshmallow test papers have received a lot of criticism. The biggest one is that delay of gratification might be primarily a middle- and upper-class value.

I met with Mischel in his Upper West Side home, where we discussed what the Marshmallow Test really captures, how schools can use his work to help problem students, why men like Tiger Woods and ...

The premise is simple: You can eat one marshmallow now or, if you can wait, you get to eat two marshmallows later. It’s an experiment in self-control for preschoolers dreamed up by psychologist ...

The Marshmallow Test Gets More Complicated A new study finds that in a study of self control, the perception of trustworthiness matters. Sarah Zielinski. October 15, 2012. Get our newsletter!

A classic psychology experiment in the 1970s found kids who couldn't resist eating a marshmallow showed more self-control later in life. A slight twist on the study, performed at the University of ...

Marshmallow test redux. First conducted in the early 1970s by psychologist Walter Mischel, the marshmallow test worked like this: A preschooler was placed in a room with a marshmallow, told they could ...

You've probably heard of the infamous "marshmallow test," in which young children are asked to wait to eat a yummy marshmallow placed in front of them while left alone in a room for 10 to 15 minutes.