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The Marshmallow Test

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What did psychologists observe preschoolers trying to practice?

a)

self-control

b)

immediately

c)

temptation

d)

achievement

2.

What exists between a child's ability to delay gratification and their future success?

a)

reward

b)

practice

c)

correlation

d)

gratification

3.

Mischel discovered that adolescents who delayed gratification as children were more...

a)

self-reliant

b)

frustrated

c)

intelligent

d)

confident

4.

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: The 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 _____ a great deal of 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

a)

delayed

b)

conducted

c)

resisted

d)

garnered

5.

What were the children who didn't eat the marshmallow able to resist?

a)

attention

b)

temptation

c)

application

d)

motivation

6.

Who is Joachim de Posada? Answer: He is a(n) _____.

a)

psychologist

b)

author

c)

motivational speaker

d)

adolescent

7.

Which key word means to 'give in?'

a)

transpire

b)

assert

c)

critical

d)

succumb

8.

What does 𝐏𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐝𝐚 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐭 is the most important 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 for 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬? (𝟏)

(a)  

9.

What type of applications does Posada say the marshmallow test has?

a)

pyschological

b)

single

c)

real-life

d)

interesting

10.

Complete the sentence: Some children _____ over the choice in front of them.

a)

fidgeted

b)

agonized

c)

excelled

d)

concluded