The Motivational Aspect of Children’s Delayed Gratification: Values and Decision Making in Middle Childhood
Delayed gratification is the ability to postpone an immediate gain in favor of greater and later reward. Although delayed gratification has been studied extensively, little is known about the motivation behind children’s decisions. Since values are cognitive representations of individuals’ motivatio...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2019-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Psychology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01649/full |