Frontiers in Psychology | |
Temporal reward discounting in children, adolescents, and emerging adults during an experiential task | |
Anouk Scheres1  | |
关键词: adolescence; reward; temporal reward discounting; delay discounting; impulsivity; self-control; | |
DOI : 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00711 | |
学科分类:心理学(综合) | |
来源: Frontiers | |
【 摘 要 】
The goal of this study was to examine age effects on the ability/willingness to wait for large rewards in a real temporal reward discounting task from childhood to adulthood. Therefore, a real temporal discounting (TD) task was administered to children aged 6–12 (n = 39), adolescents aged 13–17 (n = 28), and young adults aged 18–19 (n = 55). Findings indicated that the cross-sectional development of TD followed a quadratic pattern across age groups, with adolescents choosing more often than children and adults to wait for the large delayed reward, resulting in reward-maximization. Various interpretations of this finding were offered, including a focus on reward maximization despite an immature ability to exert self-control, and flexible self-control which was high during this task as a result of strong motivation to maximize financial gains.
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