Effects of attention to symbolically presented rewards on self-control.

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Investigated the effects of attention to symbolic presentations of the contingent rewards (in the form of slide-presented images) on children's ability to wait for the delayed reward. 69 female and 54 male preschool children served as Ss. In sharp contrast to the effect of attention to the actual rewards, attention to the symbolic contingent rewards greatly increased the duration of the Ss' delay of gratification. This unexpected result was obtained both in conditions of waiting and working and both for continuous and intermittent presentation of the slides. Overall findings reveal the opposite effects of attention to real vs symbolic contingent rewards in the delay of gratification paradigm. Theoretical implications of different cognitive functions served by attention to real and symbolic reward stimuli are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)

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