Based on the long term study of
the marshmallow test, the kids who could interrupt gratification with
marshmallow revolved out to be more successful down the road by a variety of
measures than those who could not in the marshmallow test from the 1960’s. Media
disruptions are the new marshmallows, as an example the students were sent text
messages as they viewed video then those who answered the text message right
away scored much worse on a test about the video content that they watched. Those
students who can learn to sweep away the tone call of the smartphone are likely
to perform better than their peers.
