Name: ______Per. _____ Date: 12-9-16
READING CHECK ON PARAGRAPHS 4-5in “THE POWER OF DELAYING GRATIFICATION”
Directions:The following questions are based on the paragraphs4-5 of the article “The Power of Delaying Gratification.” Respond to the questions in complete sentences. If a sentence frame is provided, make sure your response matches the sentence frame grammatically.
1.At the end of paragraph 3, the author asks the question, “…how do we learn [delaying gratification]?” What answer does he provide in paragraph 4?
A person can learn to delay gratification by:______
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2.In paragraph 4 it states, “Rather than resist the urge to eat the cookies, the children distractedthemselves from the urge itself.” Why do you think the children did not resist the urge to eat the cookies? (Hint: What is the limitation or disadvantage of doing this?)
The children did not try to resist the urge to eat the cookies because:______
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3. Why do you think it was more effective for the children to distract themselves instead of resisting the urge to eat the cookies? (Hint: What are the children focusing on with each method?)
It was more effective for the children to distract themselves instead of resisting the urge to eat the cookies because:
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4. In the 5th paragraph, it describes how Mischel separated the children into three groups to see which group could delay gratification the longest. Identify which group was able to delay gratification for the longest amount of time and explain what they did which allowed them to do this.
The group that was able to delay gratification for the longest amount of time was:______
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This group was able to delay gratification for the longest amount of time by:______
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5. EXTRA-CREDIT: Read the following situation. Then, describe the BEST way Mario can delay gratification in his
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Mario is placed in front of a television and a X-Box video game console. He is told that he can play his favorite game for 5 minutes, but if he waits for 15 minutes without playing the game, he would be allowed to play his favorite game for half an hour. If he can wait 25 minutes without playing the game, he would be allowed to play his favorite video game for an hour. What should Mario do which would allow him to delay gratification for 25 minutes? (Base your response on the information present in paragraph 5 of the article.)
To delay gratification for the longest amount of time, Mario should:______
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