Walter Mischel: 3 books

Renowned psychologist Walter Mischel, designer of the famous Marshmallow Test, explains what self-control is and how to master it. A child is presented with a marshmallow and given a choice: Eat this one now, or wait and enjoy two later. What will she do? And what are the implications for her...

Il “test del marshmallow” è un curioso esperimento, tra i più celebri della psicologia contemporanea, realizzato per la prima volta negli anni Sessanta all’Università di Stanford. Un bambino viene lasciato da solo in una stanza davanti a un marshmallow: può scegliere se mangiarlo subito...

After many "out-of-print" years, this volume has been reissued in response to an increasing demand for copies. This reflects that the fundamental questions that motivated this book thirty years ago are still being asked. But more important, the answers -- or at least their outlines -- now...