The general relationship between reward value and decreasing delay is that reward value _____ when the reward is _____.
A) increases sharply; imminent
B) increases sharply; quite distant
C) increases slowly; imminent
D) suddenly drops; imminent
Question 2Young children who used appropriate strategies to manage delay-of-gratification tasks are more likely as teenagers to:
A) earn good grades.
B) cope well with frustrations.
C) get along well with their peers.
D) All of these are correct.
Question 3Young children who used appropriate strategies to manage a delay-of-gratification task are more likely in later life to display:
A) repressed emotions.
B) depression.
C) greater social and cognitive competence.
D) Both a and b are correct.
Question 4Jamal's mother asks him to wait in the kitchen without touching the cookies while she is busy showing some visitors around the house. What should Jamal do to avoid touching the cookies?
A) Imagine that the cookies are made of wood
B) Imagine eating the cookies right there and then
C) Both a and b are correct.
D) Neither a nor b is correct.
Question 5In an experiment for Mischel's delay of gratification paradigm, children who are most successful at a delay-of-gratification task may be seen:
A) singing songs.
B) covering their eyes.
C) looking at pictures on the wall.
D) All of these are correct.
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