The marshmalo test was popularly understood as, oh, if how long you can wait for two marshmellows at each four predicts your lifetime income. It has come under attack, i think, less because it doesn't replicate, but more because when you because it's a correlation finding that correlates with things like come later on in adult hood. Rus: The human mind is aof either or machine. You know, i want to know what the answer is. Is it either that character is fixed, or is it developable? Is it either person or the situation? And i will say that the vast majority of scientific research that iam familiar with on any aspect
Many people think schools are no place for teaching character. Psychologist Angela Duckworth of the University of Pennsylvania and founder of Character Lab, disagrees. She talks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about the implicit curriculum for character, the critical role early education plays in shaping our adult values, and why the Marshmallow Test doesn't determine our destiny.