The Stanford marshmallow experiments on delay of gratification demonstrated that children could successfully resist the temptation to eat a marshmallow in an effort to obtain the delayed payoff of two marshmallows.These children were able to distract themselves from the marshmallow by focusing on
A)hot thoughts.
B)cool thoughts.
C)positive thoughts.
D)negative thoughts.

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The Stanford marshmallow experiments found that children who were able to resist the temptation to eat a marshmallow in order to obtain a delayed payoff of two marshmallows were able to distract themselves from the temptation by focusing on "cool" thoughts, such as imagining the marshmallow as a fluffy cloud or the table it was sitting on as a fluffy cloud. This helped them to resist the temptation and delay gratification. Therefore, the best choice is B) cool thoughts.

The Stanford Marshmallow Experiments on Delay of Gratification Demonstrated That