Walter Mischel

Walter Mischel (1930-2018) was an American psychologist and Niven Professor of Humane Letters in Psychology at Columbia University. 
Mischel was best known for hosting a series of experiments concerning "delayed gratification" during the 1960s and 1970s at Stanford University. The marshmallow experiments gave preschoolers (and slightly older children) one marshmallow and promised them a second one if they could stave-off eating it until an adult arrived. According to some results, some kids reportedly sang Sesame Street songs to themselves while they waited."'Don't!' The secret to self control." Lehrer, Jonah. The New Yorker. May 18, 2009
To prepare for Sesame Street’s 44th season goals of executive functioning skills and self-regulation, Mischel was brought into the Sesame Workshop offices to help the researchers with the new topics."'Sesame Street' to teach ABCs of self-restraint". Toppo, Greg. USAToday.com. September 15, 2013.
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*The musical Sesame Street sketch, "Good Things Come to Those Who Wait," derives its basis from Mischel's marshmallow experiments. Conveying the idea of "delayed gratification," Cookie Monster is promised a second cookie if he can hold off on eating the first one until Guy Smiley returns.
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