Name: ______Per. _____ Date: 12-8-16
READING CHECK ON PARAGRAPHS 1-3in “THE POWER OF DELAYING GRATIFICATION”
Directions:The following questions are based on the paragraphs1-3 of the article “The Power of Delaying Gratification.” Respond to the questions in complete sentences. If a sentence frame is provided, make sure your response matches the sentence frame grammatically.
1.Both this article and the last one you read describe the experiments conducted by the Stanford Professor, Walter Mischel. However, both articles describe the experiment differently. Describe TWO details about Professor Mischel’s experiment that are described differently in the first paragraph of “The Power of Delaying Gratification.” (Compare the facts about the experiments that are present in the two articles.)
One detail about Professor Mischel’s experiment which is different in the first paragraph of “The Power of Delaying Gratification” is:______
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Another detail about Professor Mischel’s experiment which is different in the first paragraph of “The Power of Delaying Gratification” is:______
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2.At the end of the 1st paragraph, the article states that Professor Mischel termed some of the children in his
experiment as “high delay children.” Describe what the children did during the experiment which caused them to
be labeled as “high delay children.” (Be specific in describing their behavior.)
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3. In the 2nd paragraph, it describes the characteristics of the “high delay children” as children.Read about the traits of
the “high delay children” in the 2nd paragraph and describe THREE. (List ONLY the traits they had as children.)
One trait of the “high delay children” is:______
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A secondtrait of the “high delay children” is: ______
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4. In the 2nd paragraph of the article, it also describes the characteristics of “high delay children” when they became
adults. Describe THREE characteristics of the “high delay children” as adults.
One characteristic of the “high delay children” when they became adults is: ______
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A second characteristic of the “high delay children”when they became adults is: ______
______A third characteristic of the “high delay children”when they became adults is: ______
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5. EXTRA-CREDIT:In the 3rd paragraph, it states that, “…the ability to delay gratification…may be one of the most important skills to learn to have a satisfying and successful life.” Describe another skill that a person needs to learn in order to have a satisfying and successful life.
Another skill that a person needs to learn in order to have a satisfying and successful life is:______
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A person needs this skill to have a satisfying life because:______
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A person needs this skill to have a successful life because:______
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