The Marshmallow study of 1960
The lecturer refutes all three arguments presented in the reading passage, showing that for the past 60 years 'Mashmallow study' test has formed the basis of researches on delayed gratification- which is the willingness to wait to receive a reward. The study and the longitudinal follow up was the most famous experiments in the history of psychology. However, the professor challenges the experiment and results by stating the blemishes and explains it by providing counter-arguments.
First of all, according to the passage, the samples were children between the age of 4 or 5 were offered one marshmallow suddenly or if they wait for 15 to 20 minutes they will get 2 marshmallows. Every 2 in each group ate them immediately while one waited for 2 marshmallows. But the professor casts doubts on the sampling method of the experiment. She states that albeit 500 children have participated in the study, only 20% were concentrated and followed the longitudinal analysis. Therefore, the original sample selection itself is biased. She adds that the one who showed delayed gratification may most probably come from privileged backgrounds. Thereby, the conclusions cannot be judged for wider populations.
Secondly, the tutor posits that the level of trust in the researchers by the children made the study dubious. In other words, children would be likely to wait for the researchers to please them. To illustrate she says that at Rochester University, a study was performed to show the relation with trust and delayed gratification. They took children from a diverse environment, some from reliable ones who trusted adults and others from unreliable environments who never trust an adult. They found that those children who came from a reliable area waited 4 times higher than those who don't. This point contrasts with the reading's key point. According to the reading, the children belong to a stable and reliable environment showed a high rate of success in all fields and they had ameliorated relationships with one another. The Marshmallow Study never take consideration of those from unstable environments.
Finally, the reading passage confirms that success comes from choosing discipline in their life. Nonetheless, the professor contradicts this by contending that trust plays a major role in shaping young minds. For example, she elaborates that some children try to please others to make their parents proud. As a result, trust and motivation can be the contributing factors rather than discipline.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 127, Rule ID: WHITESPACE_RULE
Message: Possible typo: you repeated a whitespace
Suggestion:
...t for the past 60 years Mashmallow study test has formed the basis of researches ...
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Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: don't
...ea waited 4 times higher than those who dont. This point contrasts with the readings...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
but, finally, first, however, if, may, nonetheless, second, secondly, so, therefore, while, as for, for example, as a result, first of all, in other words
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 10.0 10.4613686534 96% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 5.0 5.04856512141 99% => OK
Conjunction : 12.0 7.30242825607 164% => OK
Relative clauses : 15.0 12.0772626932 124% => OK
Pronoun: 29.0 22.412803532 129% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 49.0 30.3222958057 162% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 5.01324503311 219% => Less nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2118.0 1373.03311258 154% => OK
No of words: 399.0 270.72406181 147% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 5.30827067669 5.08290768461 104% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.46933824581 4.04702891845 110% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.06456138547 2.5805825403 119% => OK
Unique words: 229.0 145.348785872 158% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.573934837093 0.540411800872 106% => OK
syllable_count: 637.2 419.366225166 152% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.55342163355 103% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 6.0 3.25607064018 184% => OK
Article: 12.0 8.23620309051 146% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.25165562914 80% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.51434878587 66% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 2.5761589404 155% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 22.0 13.0662251656 168% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 21.2450331126 85% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 46.8524146692 49.2860985944 95% => OK
Chars per sentence: 96.2727272727 110.228320801 87% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.1363636364 21.698381199 84% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.0 7.06452816374 99% => OK
Paragraphs: 4.0 4.09492273731 98% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 4.19205298013 48% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 13.0 4.33554083885 300% => Less positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 2.0 4.45695364238 45% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 7.0 4.27373068433 164% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0960283009229 0.272083759551 35% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0303554255751 0.0996497079465 30% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0601482165623 0.0662205650399 91% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.054369892501 0.162205337803 34% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0411142920349 0.0443174109184 93% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 12.7 13.3589403974 95% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 53.21 53.8541721854 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 5.55761589404 158% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 10.3 11.0289183223 93% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.22 12.2367328918 108% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 9.28 8.42419426049 110% => OK
difficult_words: 120.0 63.6247240618 189% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 14.0 10.7273730684 131% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 10.498013245 88% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.2008830022 89% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 3.33333333333 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 1.0 Out of 30
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