Elf Test 1 - Reading

Find out which kids would be able to delay gratification

Identify the mental processes that allowed for delayed gratification

Identify the personalities of kids who could delay gratification

Identify which kids would do better in later life

Of interactionism

Car mechanics work with cars as psychologists work with people

Specific conditions create the screeching noise just as people's responses depend on particular conditions

Unless the mechanic can give the screech a context, he’ll never find the broken part

Focuses on raw intelligence as a predictor on how well kids will do later in life

Measures will-power or self-control

Forces kids to focus on how to get the second marshmallow

Allows kids to focus on controlling part of their world

They have better self-control

They know they can get more marshmallows if they wait

They know that this is a test and they want to do better

They are smarter than the other kids

They badly wanted the marshmallow

Are fixed and cannot be changed

Are independent and can be modified

Can be determined by Rorschach tests

Depend on the context, on circumstances

Determine how well a kid will do later in life