The Marshmallow Test：Mastering Self-Control

棉花糖实验

——作品介绍——

所谓“棉花糖实验”，是斯坦福大学博士 Walter Mischel1966年到1970年代早期在幼儿园进行的有关自制力的一系列心理学经典实验。在这些实验中，小孩子可以选择一样奖励（有时是棉花糖，也可以是曲奇饼、巧克力等等），或者选择等待一段时间直到实验者返回房间（通常为15分钟），得到相同的两个奖励。

在后来的研究中，研究者发现能为偏爱的奖励坚持忍耐更长时间的小孩通常具有更好的人生表现，如更好的SAT成绩、教育成就、身体质量指数，以及其他指标。然而现在有疑问提出，自制力，而非战略策划能力（strategicreasoning），是否是影响行为的因素之一。

棉花糖实验是TED演讲的主题。《纽约客》亦曾发表一篇相关的讨论长文。美国科普电视节目“Radiolab”，还专门做了一档关于棉花糖实验的节目。

A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: 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.

——作者介绍——

Walter Mischelholds 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.

Product Details

Hardcover: 336 pages

Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (September 23, 2014)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0316230871

ISBN-13: 978-0316230872

Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1.1 x 9.5 inches