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ERIC Number: EJ109788
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Instrumental Ideation in Delay of Gratification
Mischel, Walter; Underwood, Bill
Child Development, 45, 4, 1083-1088, Dec 74
An investigation of whether attention to rewards in the delay contingency might facilitate delay if such reward-oriented attention was made instrumental. Subjects were 80 preschool children. (SDH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Delay of Gratification, Preschool Children, Rewards, Self Control, Sex Differences
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Identifiers: Ideation