Summary Of Curricular Observation

1) The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether preschool students would wait for a larger reward versus waiting a shorter time and receiving a smaller reward. The delay of gratification was measured during the experiment. Depending on the experiment, would depend whether the student had a distraction or not, which could make the student suspense last longer versus not having a distraction wanting the reward sooner. The hypothesis of this experiment includes “consistent with our extension of frustrative non-reward theory, we predicted that voluntary delay of gratification should be increased by any convert or overt activities that distract the subject from the anticipated outcomes and, conversely, should be diminished by attention
The results of this experiment included that the think fun group had a mean waiting time of thirteen minutes, the think sad group had a total mean of five minutes, and the think reward had four minutes. According to the conclusion it states, “instructions to think about the rewards, or to think sad, did not significantly facilitate delay of gratification when compared to a no-ideation condition” (Mischel, Eddesen, & Zeiss, 1972, 211). In the end, the delay of gratification was easier to obtain when thinking of something fun versus thinking sad thoughts and thinking of the intended reward because it seems that it is tougher to think of sad thoughts for such a long period of time or to think of the possible award that could be given. (Mischel, Eddesen, & Zeiss,
Teaching children at a young age to be patience can help children not be as eager to obtain things. Success does not happen by rushing through life, it is obtained by waiting and working hard for something. It is important to show children at a young age delay of gratification because it could lead to something more than if they wanted it at that moment. This experiment made me realize, that it is important to wait for the bigger results/reward versus the earlier results/reward. This experiment also makes me realize self-control will depend on which results one obtains. In this experiment, it claims “the overall results of the present experiments help to clarify some widespread basic theoretical misconceptions regarding self-control (Mischel, Eddesen, & Zeiss, 1972, 217). Self-control is important in obtaining success. I feel, that being able to control your actions, can help one obtain more in life. This experiment seems to lead to the conclusion that the longer one is to wait, the greater reward one may