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Download full textPatterson, Charlotte J.; Mischel, Walter – 1976
This study assesses the effects of three kinds of verbal plans, temptation-inhibiting plans, reward-oriented plans, and task-facilitating plans, on children's resistance to temptation. Each plan was studied in an elaborated and an unelaborated form. Subjects were 70 four-year olds, 35 boys and 35 girls. The major piece of apparatus employed was a…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Discipline, Individual Power
