Walter Mischel
Walter Mischel · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Personality psychologist known for the marshmallow test of self-control
1930, Vienna, Austria — 2018, New York City, United States
Austria · United States
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Walter Mischel was an Austrian-born American personality psychologist, best known for the Stanford 'marshmallow test' on delayed gratification and self-control in children and for challenging trait theory with his person–situation analysis. Born to a Jewish family in Vienna, he fled the Nazi annexation of Austria and later chaired at Columbia University.
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Personality psychologist known for the marshmallow test of self-control
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