Delayed Gratification
Please click one answer per question. Answer the questions to the best of your ability. This quiz coincides with ASCA standard AD. C1.6: Understanding how school success and academic achievement enhance future career and vocational opportunities. This assessment was created by Pearson (2009). Pearson, A. (2009). Guidance with good measure: 25 Awesome measurable classroom and group counseling lessons. Youthlight, Inc. Chaplin SC.
- 1.
What does delayed gratification mean?
- A.
When someone gets on your nerves and makes you mad.
- B.
Taking the time to receive the best reward
- C.
Missing out on a reward because you waited to long to act.
- D.
Waiting around to talk to a teacher because you got upset
- E.
Being on your best behavior all the time
Correct Answer
B. Taking the time to receive the best reward -
- 2.
Which student is using delayed gratification?
- A.
Sam plays all day because it is more fun than studying.
- B.
Susan shouts all the answers out in class because she wants to be first.
- C.
Shaun eats his popcorn snack first because it is his favorite.
- D.
Senica gets to use the whole recess time because she finished her homework first.
- E.
Steven races to the front of the line to be the first.
Correct Answer
D. Senica gets to use the whole recess time because she finished her homework first. -
- 3.
Some jobs that pay well can only be earned by people who go to college. Why?
- A.
Because people are being trained for a special task.
- B.
Because people have to learn how to cheat to get rich.
- C.
Because certain jobs want you to be older before you work for them.
- D.
Because people in college should be given a lot of money.
- E.
None of the above
Correct Answer
A. Because people are being trained for a special task. -
- 4.
How could you use patience?
- A.
To calmly wait for your turn
- B.
To share something with a friend
- C.
To take something without asking for it
- D.
To tell someone that you want something
- E.
To give something to someone
Correct Answer
A. To calmly wait for your turn -
- 5.
Who earns the most money?
- A.
People who steal and cheat
- B.
People who drop out of High School
- C.
People who finish college
- D.
They earn the same
- E.
None of the above
Correct Answer
C. People who finish college -
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