Dr. Mischel is conducting an experiment with young children. He tells each child that they have a choice to make: They can have a cookie right now, OR they can wait ten minutes and get two cookies. Dr. Mischel appears to be measuring ____.
A) the planning fallacy
B) the children's levels of abstract decision-making
C) whether the children are incremental theorists or entity theorists
D) the children's capacity to delay gratification

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Dr. Mischel is measuring the children's capacity to delay gratification by offering them a choice between a smaller reward now or a larger reward later. This is often used as an indicator of self-control and the ability to delay gratification, which are important for success in many areas of life. A, B, and C are not relevant to this specific experiment.

Dr Mischel Is Conducting an Experiment with Young Children