I bet this is what dinner is like at Prof. Richard Wiseman’s house.
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enfants marshmallow test
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I would have eaten it, or have eaten at the very least almost all of it!
There’s a BBC program called Child Psychology that I have on DVD that does the same thing with chocolate.
The wee ones just don’t see “later” as “later”. They see it as “not now”, without any notion of the existence of a future.
There’s also an experiment that shows that if you put a cat mask on a dog, children up to…I think 4….will say that it is a cat.
most of them resisted! i love the boy at the end!
Hahaha! Great vid
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awww that was adorable. Those kids have got some restraint! I would’ve eaten it within 30 seconds.
Aaaaaw. I so feel their pain right now. Id be tempted.
awwww…. cute littel human guinea pigs! Me likes!
I only can imagine that pain those kids were going through in their minds while waiting
I love that video !
I didn’t even know marshmallows smell, let alone “It smells so good!”
This was in the paper a week or two ago, reporting that those who waited 20 minutes for a second marshmallow instead of eating the initial one went on to be far more successful in life. Then again it’s a tabloid and they often put a skew studies and misinform the general public
Go to bed Phillis!
Just eat the first one, there’s no guarantee she’s coming back!
lolaww :3
Hahaha, I love the girl at the end who’s immediately like “Yeah whatever I’d rather just eat it now”
haha! this is brilliant lol
xxx
Ha Ha – really great. The kid who shoves the two in his mouth at the end looks a lot like my boy, but there’s no way he would hold out!
Very funny and sweet! Reminds me a little bit of the episode on tele, where the children weren’t supposed to ‘press the red button’ and the woman ‘killed the kitten.’
Anyway, I don’t think I would have lasted very long either.
i think you should re-shoot this test with adults to see if they can do any better. i bet they can’t.
I remember recreating this experiment in uni. This is such a funny video, there expressions are priceless!
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!
Cutest thing I’ve ever seen, ever!
So cruel to the poor kiddies, though
“EAT ME!! EAT ME!!” Haha! Hilarious! Now let me see… where can i buy marshmallows at this time of night?!! lol
That is so bad yet so funny. Got to love the kid who keeps putting it to his mouth then stopping and shaking his head. I would so have hated that test, probs would be the little girls and just eat it then give them back the plate.
That is beyond cute. I cant believe how much perseverance those kids had!
This is wonderful! It does remind me of the Kitten episode of Trick or Treat. A funny anecdote about that… I wanted to share the children segment of that episode with my girlfriend, so I set it on the Tivo for her to watch. I couldn’t resist telling her “Now whatever you do, just watch the part with the kids and Don’t Keep Watching. Trust me, you Don’t Want to see the rest.” Naturally she did, and she blamed me of course for “forcing” her to watch that poor girl.
that was just so cute and made me smile ta
What a thoughtfully shot and edited little video. They looked the best marshmallows I have ever seen! I’d have tried, but I know I’d have stuck the mallow down my gob after a few mins. I can’t have biccies in the house, cos when that seal is broken, it’s biccie after biccie till they’re gone and I no longer have the temptation. Good job I’m a cheap date and therefore a bit careful on the booze front. Those kids had surprising will power. I’m jealous. I’m also on my second choccie digestive since starting this post. Total crap.
I’m with the kids, never been one for delayed gratification!!
The kid in the khaki is a legend! Oh the self discipline!
I woud not have eaten it, not because I have some unusual ammount of willpower but rather I dont quite trust what marshmellows are made of.
Im only at the wonderful and terrifying popular age of 21, but i cant wait to get kids if i see movies like this. This is just fun torturing, isn’t it? (By the way, i never wan’t kids.. i think no one can recover from 8 years of utterly painful screaming kids… it just gets under your skin i think. Thanks mom an dad, you did wonderful)
this wouldn’t have worked on me, by that age dad had already shwed me how to eat half an easter egg and put it back in the packet so it looked untampered with (we shouldn’t upset your mother). i would have found some way of hollowing it out.
kids are cute though. think the should be given lessons in harnessing the maceavellian though. lol
Ha ha – reminded me of ‘itchy fingers’. What would have happened if they had eaten half of it
would they have got another half of one?
Simple… eat straight away. The experiment’s over, go straight to the corner shop and buy an entire bag. Stuff yourself silly – throw up.
For a real challenge try the same experiment with a packet of pringles. I don’t know what that white powder on Pringles is but it’s highly addictive and I have never yet opened a packet and not finished it in one sitting (even after telling myself I’ll only eat the first 6).
Could the manufacturers of Pringles be dusting them with cocaine to make them moorish cause that’s my theory!
Id struggle with that now and Im 22. Id probably have a little cry then eat it!
I love how that boy waited all that time for a second one, then shoved them both in his mouth together, so they’ll be almost exactly as enjoyable as just one. I’m with the ginger girl, just eat it and let the adults play their silly games. Possibly leave a small speck of marshmellow, so you can claim you’ve not actually eaten IT (the whole thing), and will get another. Though that speck’d probably wink at me just as much, ha ha.
They are pretending to eat it, I’d do the same even at my age.
I love the looks of pure torture on the kids faces! That boy deffo deserved the two at the end.
Ehehehe …. quite funny indeed. Dont we all feel a bit like that when we are waiting for someone to come back … we sort of also wait with eating till the other is back at times ..
Surprising that not more kids started to eat … it’s not always the marshmallow extra I think at times they keep in mind .. but more that they not heard the message well.. that they really were allowed to eat this one. I remember I did not get adults either when I was small. They were not speaking properly, were not capeable always to make things clear to me. E.g.: when having to get photographed the photographer said .. show your teeth … I heard DONT show your teeth …. so the picture shows a very weird chick … that was first class in kindergarten (oh, allright .. I was not the standard kid).
I like those kids who pinched the edge off the top of the marshmallow hoping it wouldn’t be noticed. That’s so futile on so many levels… as if a tiny pinch of sugar is going to lessen the cravings or not be picked up by the video camera.
tormenting kids with the promise of marshmallows thats got to be cruelty call the police i’m not oking its reprehensible they should be ashamed of themselves no wonder this country is in such a state
Actually when I said I wasn’t oking – that was just an oke!
Why is it so funny to watch children suffer?
I remember that episode of ‘Trick or Treat’ (the episode everyone says this reminds them of,) where the children were desperately trying to come up with excuses for why the box had sprung open;
“Yeah, a hand came out of the box, and then it crawled across the table and hit me in the head…and then it just opened the box! Honest!”
Poor kids were probably terrified; “Oh no, that man with the weird beard is going to come back in and kill us!” And yet we laugh at them. For shame! : )
Haha. It’s funny watching their body motions in conclusion to their emotions, it reminds me of a destressed 30 year old. I think if I was in their situation, at that age, I would’ve just thought about something else, and looked away =/ but meh, they really wanted that marshmellow! Good experiment, fun to watch.
Hehe awww bless! I think I would have waited, mainly because I dont like marshmallows! If it had been a chocolate bar it would have been gone in 2seconds flat!
i want a marshmellow
its all about the kid who put the whole thing in his mouth and pulled it out again. it made me erupt with laughter in the office. seriously funny
i’d eat the plate…
I would eat half… that way you can’t lose!
Blimey, what lovely big marshmallows they were too! Yummy!!
Oooh, I think they were very well controlled considering what children and sweets are like. I’d struggle to wait with one of those gorgeous sweet treats staring back at me on the plate…..oh my….I’m desperate for some marshmallows now!!
LC x
Btw, I once gave a marshmallow to my dog and it was one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen! She did eat it…..eventually!
LC x
Wow freaky deaky fact, someone in my office was explaining this video to me last week!!
Poor kids, but at least they all got marshmellows in the end awwwww…….
Where there were two kids, they could have eaten each other’s marshmallow
@flapjack
Yes! I’m with you on the Pringles front. I can’t help but eat a whole tube if I open them. Nightmare.
But that little boy was so cute at the end with the 2 marshmallows. I could empathise with the little girl at the end “it’s fine…I think I’ll have mine now. I’m not even going to wait for you to finish talking…”
OMG Talk about anticipation…
DO I NEED TO RUB MARSHMALLOWS ON MY ENIGMA POSTER?!?!?!?!?!
I needed to get that out of my system