Increased Patience in Exchange for Extra Incentives
“Good things come to those who wait” is a common phrase many have heard nowadays. People always attempt to seek out the good in life, and as a result are willing to compromise. Increased patience and waiting are insignificantly small inconveniences to experience in exchange for an incentive.
In the study, “Mice Learn to Avoid Regret”, Brian M. Sweiss and colleagues trained mice to collect food in a simulated setup called “Restaurant Row”. Throughout the maze-like set up there were four different “restaurants” the mice cycled through. Each restaurant had a different food pellet flavor and during each trial, the amount of time to receive the food pellet or “reward” varied. After multiple trials, the mice developed a pattern they followed by changing their behaviors based on prior experience. The mice would learn which routes would allow them to avoid regret of going to bed hungry and obtaining the maximum amount of food pellets possible.
In the study “Cohort Effects in Children’s Delay of Gratification”, Carlson and colleagues attempted to view if children would be willing to wait longer in exchange for another treat. This was based off of the Stanford marshmallow test, but Carlson and colleagues compared results from the 1960s, 1980s, and early 2000s to see if there was a difference in impulsiveness of children based on generation. The article discusses how over the years, children in the early 2000s waited 2 minutes longer to receive the extra incentive. Children were willing to delay instant gratification in exchange for a reward.
In both studies, the participants both adjusted their behavior based on the reward. This is done in Sweiss study by the mice changing their route and adjusting their wait time. In the study done by Carlson, this is achieved by children decided to wait for a longer period of time to receive an extra marshmallow. Although the instant gratification of eating a sweet or food in general is unmatched, exhibiting self-restraint can be much more rewarding.
References
Sweis BM, Thomas MJ, Redish AD. Mice learn to avoid regret. PLoS Biol. 2018 Jun 21;16(6):e2005853. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005853. PMID: 29927938; PMCID: PMC6013153.
Carlson SM, Shoda Y, Ayduk O, Aber L, Schaefer C, Sethi A, Wilson N, Peake PK, Mischel W. Cohort effects in children's delay of gratification. Dev Psychol. 2018 Aug;54(8):1395-1407. doi: 10.1037/dev0000533. Epub 2018 Jun 25. PMID: 29939038.
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