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	Deferred gratification Summary
		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.
	www.bookrags.com /Deferred_gratification (546 words)

	Gratification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gratification (199 words)

	Delayed Gratification in Adults: A Conceptual Review with Pragmatic Applications
		Thus, within a delayed gratification paradigm, if a participant doubts their ability to wait for the delayed reward, or believes that the consequences will be negative, they will forfeit the delayed reward in favour of the immediate reward (i.e., disengage from their goal).
		For example, in both children and adults, it would appear that the delay of gratification generally causes negative affect in which the immediately gratifying stimulus evokes a hot cognitive system that must be deactivate by a cool cognitive system for successful restraint.
		Given that delayed gratification has implication for adults in relation to consumer behaviour, addiction and mental health, it is incumbent upon future researchers to investigate the specific dynamics of these relationships.
	www.geocities.com /stephen_j_bright/DOG.htm (5219 words)

	Ockhams Razor - 7/7/2002: Instant Gratification versus Resilience in Children
		Mischel and many others have shown that the ability to self-regulate and to delay gratification or to wait for rewards is a very good predictor of many aspects of psycho-social health and wellbeing in childhood, and in later life.
		It can often be poor learning of social skills, little understanding of appreciation, of gratitude or other people’s feelings, and in the longer term, a sense of omnipotence which can lead to difficulties in the social world sooner or later, including the ability to persist in the face of life’s challenges and frustrations.
		Expectations of instant gratification on the one hand, versus the capacity to self-regulate to work for reward, become embedded early in life and are reinforced by the culture in which we live.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/science/ockham/stories/s599369.htm (1869 words)

	Deferred gratification - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Deferred gratification or delayed gratification (as an aspect of emotional intelligence) is the ability of a person to wait for things they want.
		It has also been said that those with poor impulse control suffer from "weak ego boundaries"; the term 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.
		The researchers then followed the progress of each child into adolescence, and demonstrated that those with the ability to wait were better adjusted and more dependable (determined via surveys of their parents and teachers), and scored an average of 210 points higher on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Deferred_gratification (291 words)

	Delayed Gratification Worth Waiting For?
		However, in spite of our indulgence in these luxuries of relatively instant gratification, we baby boomers were forced to conform (at least somewhat) to the system of prolonged perseverance in the pursuit of pleasure.
		I believe it is that immediate post-baby-boom population (those born when we were already at least tadpoles in the mainstream of life), who are responsible for the decline and deterioration of the American work ethic and related ideals.
		Kids now are the "me" generation and don't know what it is to wait for gratification, some of them anyway.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/america_circa_60s/46413 (463 words)

	Instant Gratification
		Having witnessed startlingly sudden loss of life on a massive scale, this generation will start to question the point of planning, anticipating, and developing long-term goals.
		Instant gratification has been a feature of our everyday lives for a long time, anyhow.
		So the instant gratification mindset has been on the way for years; 2001 just hurried along consumer adoption.
	www.clickz.com /showPage.html?page=949881 (621 words)

	Battling Delayed vs. Instant Gratification
		One part deals with instant gratification and the other holds out for a bigger payoff in the long run.
		The imaging showed that decisions involving the potential for instant gratification activated parts of the brain closely associated with regulating emotion.
		But when students chose the delayed reward option, researchers found the regions of the brain involved in logic and reasoning were more highly activated than the emotional regions, although both regions were involved in making the decision.
	www.webmd.com /content/Article/95/103270.htm (412 words)

	Dr. Sanity: NO INSTANT GRATIFICATION
		In a time of fast food, instant success and continual demands for instant gratification of all sorts, it is perhaps best to ponder on two editorials out today.
		That is to say, there will be no instant gratification and no instant and universal successful outcome or failure --i.e., the kind that can win votes and influence money flow in time for the 2006 elections; nor probably for the 2008 ones either.
		And, if we refrain from the reflex need for instant gratification and the demand that everything be exactly as we wish it right now, this very minute--many of us may live to see a positive transformation in a part of the world that now breeds an implaccable enemy of freedom, individuality and humanity.
	drsanity.blogspot.com /2006/02/no-instant-gratification.html (1336 words)

	Delaying Gratification: Keys to Psychology, Motivation & Success
		They act on impulse, seeking immediate gratification, without considering the future consequences of their actions.
		This key trait -- the ability to delay gratification -- is crucial to success in many areas of life.
		Those who delay gratification -- at age four -- grow up to become teenagers who are more successful in many areas of life.
	www.realscienceofsuccess.com /Delay_of_Gratification.htm (1207 words)

	iskcon.com - Education - Sense gratification and the path of bhakti yoga
		The spirit of yoga is not one of flagrant sense gratification.
		The question of finding a balance of sense gratification, is a real and decisive practical application of the principle of taking the broader spiritual picture into perspective when making decisions.
		The key to controlling the senses is spiritual realisation, one of the characteristics of the soul is that it is attracted to enjoyment, thus sense enjoyment must be replaced by another type of enjoyment.
	www.iskcon.com /basics/sensegrat.html (1136 words)

	Michael Steinberg, "Against Deferred Gratification"
		We recognize that deferred gratification was what capitalism was all about and that the first industrial workers had to be taught not to quit once they'd earned enough to survive for a while, the way peasants generally do.
		Most hunting people are said to have an inability to defer gratification, which irritates those who devote themselves to improving other people's lives.
		The retiree who can't slow down to enjoy retirement is one victim: the chosen end was a life without money problems, but the means took too large a toll.
	mrzine.monthlyreview.org /steinberg240705.html (1037 words)

	No Instant Gratification
		We modern Americans are a people with a short attention span and a desire for instant gratification.
		But what's followed the end of the blitzkrieg in which a splendid force captured Baghdad and toppled dictator Saddam Hussein in less than three weeks is a guerrilla war, and the sinking feeling that we're in for a long, hard, bloody slog in Iraq.
		There will be no instant gratification there, maybe no gratification at all.
	www.military.com /NewContent/0,13190,Galloway_111303,00.html (922 words)

	Instant Sensual Gratification
		Instant sensual gratification — and you don't care how.
		Instant sensual gratification — may not be the way.
		Instant sensual gratification — you will have to pay.
	www.thebicyclingguitarist.net /songs/instant.htm (225 words)

	Concept of instant gratification - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
		The attempt by Paul Volcker, then chairman of the Federal Reserve, to kill runaway inflation by pushing rates to precedent-setting levels eventually was successful.
		Instead of returning to normal expectations, a rapidly rising stock market that resulted from breaking the back of inflation gave investors another way of achieving relatively instant gratification.
		Measured by a corporate longevity clock, a year is more than a tick but not much more than a minute or two.
	www.pittsburghlive.com /x/tribune-review/business/s_186563.html (622 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Lauren Chattman - Instant Gratification: No-Hassle Desserts in Just About No Time at ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		We were having a bunch of friends over to celebrate the fact that we'd just gotten married, and we wanted to cook for the occasion.
		Part of the answer was on our cookbook shelf - "Instant Gratification," a cookbook of desserts you can fix in 15 minutes or less (with a few small exceptions).
		Chapter 6 is "Instant Gratification for Company: Special Desserts in the Blink of an Eye." It's hard not to please with such delights as Chocolate "Crepes" with Kahlua Cream, or Puff Pastry Ice Cream Sandwiches.
	www.epinions.com /content_19034443396 (1165 words)

	Aural Gratification
		Since 1983 Aural Gratification has been releasing innovative, high quality music from an array of gifted and unique composers and musicians.
		While being "dark" for a few years, Aural Gratification is again making it's indie presence felt with the new release by Kevin Bartlett, Near-Life Experience (August 2003)
		I would personally like to extend my undying gratitude and thanks to the many listeners, fans and supporters, as well as the folks at radio and retail, who have been there with love, very keen ears and a beautiful sense of interaction with the music and artists.
	www.auralgratification.com (184 words)

	Delayed Gratification - Hap Lecrone Articles
		Delayed gratification is difficult and instant reward is often more appealing than waiting.
		The more time and obstacles that occur between setting a goal and receiving the final reward, the greater the risk that the ultimate goal will be forgotten.
		There are other interesting and useful suggestions in learning to delay gratification that I will discuss in future columns.
	www.haplecrone.com /portal/showthread.php?t=1138 (414 words)

	The Value of Delaying Gratification--Lieslnet.com - Your Personal Development Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Faced with the choice of enjoying the pleasure of eating a delicious ice cream now or enjoying the pleasure of looking and feeling fabulous in a few months from now, a decision must be made either to delay gratification or to experience instant gratification.
		Most of us fully understand the importance of delaying gratification in order to achieve our goals and get what we want out of life.
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	www.lieslnet.com /blog/2006/10/13/the-value-of-delaying-gratification (802 words)

	gratification - Synonyms from Thesaurus.com
		contentment, delectation, ecstasy, enchantment, felicity, fruition, gladness, glee, gratification, happiness, hilarity, joy, joyance, mirth, pleasure, rapture, relish, satisfaction, transport
		amusement, bender, binge, bust, celebration, circus, distraction, diversion, divertissement, gratification, indulgence, party, recreation, self-indulgence, tear, toot, wingding*
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	thesaurus.reference.com /browse/gratification (462 words)

	--Happiness: patience versus instant gratification -- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		This is the 21st century and I demand instant gratification.
		If I don't get instant gratification, I should be able to change channels with a zap.
		Get a positive thinking humor column, like this one on the frugal instant gratification and hapiness, in your inbox every week.
	www.thehappyguy.com /instant-gratification.html (535 words)

	ATTENTIONAL HYPERSPACE & ATTENTIONAL GRATIFICATION
		The place would be an oasis, where he could rest and refuel, where, instead of frustration, he felt gratification..
		Attentional gratification can be achieved in two main ways.
		This would be an oais of attentional gratification.
	www.akidjustlikeme.com /id61.htm (634 words)

	Amazon.com: gratification (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Instant Gratification: Ornaments: Fast and Fabulous Projects (Instant Gratification) (Instant Gratification) by Carol Endler Sterbenz, Genevieve Sterbenz, and Julie Toy (Paperback - Jul 1, 2001)
		So much for instant gratification: freshmen are supposed to contribute immediately these days.
		Bribery and corruption in Bombay: Being an historical account from the earliest to very recent times, of some startling case of illegal gratification and...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=gratification&tag=acronymfinder-20&index=blended&link_code=qs&page=1 (560 words)

	Lieberman vs Lamont = DNC Political Self Gratification - Sean Hannity Discussion
		I see this whole episode as an excercise in political self gratification.
		So I hate to inform the democrats, but as an independent I see this "episode" not to be "a trend against incumbents", not to be "a referendum" on anything, not to be a predictor of "the WINNER OF AN ACTUAL ELECTION", but as a simple act of political self gratification.
		Political self gratification is what this is, nothing more, nothing less.
	www.hannity.com /forum/showthread.php?t=82999 (459 words)

	Drinking Hemlock, or Why Instant Gratification Is at Odds with Software Quality
		Instant gratification is as ingrained in our culture as Hollywood, SOBE, hip-hop, Kid Rock, and gas-guzzling SUVs (of which I am a proud—but poorer—owner).
		It is this neurotic penchant for instant gratification that is leading to the huge percentage of software projects that fail.
		Consequently, we talk about COO but are not willing to delay the gratification now for gratification later.
	www.developer.com /net/article.php/3372081 (927 words)

	gratification - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "gratification" is defined.
		Gratification : Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
		Phrases that include gratification: deferred gratification, delayed gratification, gratification disorder
	www.onelook.com /?w=gratification&ls=a (177 words)

	The Value of Delayed Gratification
		They spoke the word of God and made trouble for themselves by doing so.
		It was "delayed gratification." The thinking was, "I’ll suffer for faithfulness now.
		Delaying gratification is really the only smart way to live.
	www.exxit.org /110803.htm (451 words)

	webservices.xml.com: Jon Udell: Instant Outlining, Instant Gratification
		But perhaps in this medium we can finally bootstrap software that encourages and supports best practices.
		Jon Udell: Instant Outlining, Instant Gratification (6 tags)
		Jon Udell: Instant Outlining, Instant Gratification (2 tags)
	webservices.xml.com /pub/a/ws/2002/04/01/outlining.html (1463 words)

	Instant Gratification
		Geoff Goodfellow, RadioMail's flamboyant founder, claimed he started the company because he wanted to be able to send and receive e-mail from the beach.
		Goodfellow's slogan conveyed the promise of RadioMail: Instant gratification.
		Although RadioMail provided instant gratification for users, it was not so kind to the company's private investors.
	telephonyonline.com /wireless/mag/wireless_instant_gratification (1328 words)

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