The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How To Master It

Walter Mischel

ISBN 10: 059307131X / ISBN 13: 9780593071311

Published by Bantam Press, 2014

About this Item

Neu Neuware, Importqualität, auf Lager, Sofortversand - Draws on decades of research and life examples to explore the nature of willpower, the cognitive skills and mental mechanisms that enable it, and how this can be applied to everyday life - from weight control to overcoming heartbreak. From the inventor of the initial, now famous, 1960s marshmallow test.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Marshmallow Test: Understanding Self-control and How To Master It
• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 059307131X
• ISBN 13: 9780593071311
• Binding: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 242W x 162H x 37D millimeters 242 millimeters width by 162 millimeters height by 37 millimeters depth
• Weight: 582 grams

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Synopsis

Psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it.A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her behavior later in life?The world's leading expert on self-control, Walter Mischel has proven that the ability to delay gratification is critical for a successful life, predicting higher SAT scores, better social and cognitive functioning, a healthier lifestyle and a greater sense of self-worth. But is willpower prewired, or can it be taught?In The Marshmallow Test, Mischel explains how self-control can be mastered and applied to challenges in everyday life—from weight control to quitting smoking, overcoming heartbreak, making major decisions, and planning for retirement. With profound implications for the choices we make in parenting, education, public policy and self-care, The Marshmallow Test will change the way you think about who we are and what we can be.

About the Author

Walter Mischel holds the Robert Johnston Niven chair as professor of humane letters in psychology at Columbia University. He is the author of more than two hundred scientific papers as well as the coauthor of Introduction to Personality, now in its eighth edition. He has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has won the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award of APA and the Grawemeyer Award for Psychology. He lives in New York.