4V: Vocabulary for the Betterment of the Mind.

What is Delayed Gratification?

Delayed Gratification is the ability to resist temptation that potentially presents an immediate reward in exchange you receive a more pleasing reward, but after a certain period of time. The ability to show the characteristics of being able to delay gratification at young age has been said that it leads to far more success as a young teen and young adult. The “don’t eat the marshmallow” test was one of the first studies done on four year old children to see how they’d display the ability to delay gratification. Some researchers believe the test was accurate in saying those who waited to eat the marshmallow would display more success at an older age and some researchers disagree completely. To make the decision that a child will be unsuccessful based off of a test that they took at the age of four is ridiculous. Being able to delay gratification can be hard, but if the later reward is well worth it, then you’ll do what it takes to show characteristics of patience, maturity, and responsibility.
What is metacognition? Metacognition is the exact process of understanding one's own thought process. It's the true act of thinking about thinking.

What is nature vs nurture? Nurture is something you've grown with, something that has been instilled into at a young age. And nature is the skills and tools you pick up on as you live life. The things that you adjust to in life.