{"id":3244,"date":"2014-09-08T08:26:55","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T13:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/?page_id=3244"},"modified":"2014-09-08T11:28:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T16:28:18","slug":"mischels-marshmallows","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/spotlight-schedule\/perspectives-from-science\/mischels-marshmallows\/","title":{"rendered":"Mischel&#8217;s Marshmallows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Radiolab is well known for having the best science storytelling around. In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiolab.org\/story\/91894-mischels-marshmallows\/\" target=\"_blank\">this episode<\/a>, psychologist Walter Mischel describes a simple experiment he used to test self control in young children. The results show how one little marshmallow can tell us a frightening amount about what kind of person you are.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiolab.org\/story\/91894-mischels-marshmallows\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3245\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/files\/2014\/09\/Marshmallows-large-490x294.jpg\" alt=\"Marshmallows large\" width=\"441\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/files\/2014\/09\/Marshmallows-large-490x294.jpg 490w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/files\/2014\/09\/Marshmallows-large-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/files\/2014\/09\/Marshmallows-large.jpg 620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Discussion Questions:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>There are debates in many fields of science about the roles of nature vs. nurture. What personality traits do you have in common with your parents? How have you been influenced by your environment? Imagine how your life could be different if one of these factors were changed.<\/li>\n<li>How predictable are humans? Are we able to act in ways that defy prediction?<\/li>\n<li>Would you want to know if you were genetically predisposed to be a criminal or have a terminal disease? How would this knowledge effect you?<\/li>\n<li>Is willpower real? Imagine we have the ability some day to increase the intensity of your temptations\u2014at what point are you no longer in control?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><em>Join the Conversation<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>We welcome comments on this or other related topics on the main Spotlight page.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Return to <a title=\"Exploring the Natural Sciences\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/spotlight-schedule\/perspectives-from-science\/\">Michael Daugherity&#8217;s Spotlight page<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Radiolab is well known for having the best science storytelling around. In this episode, psychologist Walter Mischel describes a simple experiment he used to test self control in young children. The results show how one little marshmallow can tell us a frightening amount about what kind of person you are. &nbsp; Discussion Questions: There are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3608,"featured_media":3179,"parent":1456,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3244","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P3T2tB-Qk","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3608"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3244"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3266,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3244\/revisions\/3266"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/cornerstone\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}