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The illustration here, “Clown Box,” courtesy of Walter Mischel, published in W. Mischel, “Processes in delay of gratification,” in Advances in experimental social psychology, vol. 7, edited by L. Berkowitz (New York: Elsevier, 1974), 252. The illustration here, “Future Self Continuity Scale,” from H. Ersner-Hershfield and others, “Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow: Individual differences in future self-continuity account for saving,” Judgment and Decision Making 4, no. 4 (2009): 280-286. Used with permission. The illustration here, “Retirement allocation, current versus retirement-aged self,” courtesy of Hal E. Hershfield; avatar created by Chinthaka Herath. The illustration here, “IF-THEN profiles for Jimmy and Anthony,” created from data in Y. Shoda, W. Mischel, and J. C. Wright, “Intra-individual stability in the organization and patterning of behavior: Incorporating psychological situations into the idiographic analysis of personality,” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 67, no. 4 (1994): 674-687.
Excerpts from David G. Myers, “Self-serving bias” in This will make you smarter: New scientific concepts to improve your thinking edited by John Brockman (New York: Doubleday, 2012), 37-38. Used with permission. Excerpts from “Sesame Street” script for episode 4412 are reprinted with permission. “Sesame Workshop” ®, “Sesame Street” ® and associated characters, trademarks and design elements are owned and licensed by Sesame Workshop. ©2014 Sesame Workshop. All Rights Reserved.
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