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Deferred gratification Summary (546 words) |
 | The ability to delay gratification increases markedly between the ages of 5 and 12. |
| By contrast, children with an external locus of control are less likely to believe that it is worth exerting self-control in the present because they doubt their ability to influence events in the future. |
| It has also been said that those with poor impulse control suffer from "weak ego boundaries"; which comes from Sigmund Freud's theory of personality where the id is the pleasure principle, the superego is the morality or parent principle, and the ego is the reality principle. |
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Gratification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (199 words) |
| Gratification is the positive emotional response (happiness) to a fulfillment of desire. |
| Western culture is sometimes criticized for its emphasis on instant gratification, i.e., the conscious expenditure of effort to make the time interval between wanting something and getting it as short as possible. |
| This focus may be due in part to the influence of utilitarianism, the consequentialist belief that morality can be measured by the overall yield of happiness (utility) that results from a particular action. |
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