Most are familiar with the "marshmallow test" where kids are presented a marshmallow and told they can either eat it immediately... Or if they wait 5 minutes they get two...
And the supposed indication that those who delay gratification have generally better life-outcomes; higher salaries, better jobs, etc.
Researchers noted that folks tend to either back in to parking spaces, usually with some difficulty, which means they can then pull out easily, or to pull in directly, which means they then have to back out carefully...
The ratio of folks that do these things varies sharply by countries... We Americans... Only 6-7% back in. In China, some 85% back in.
The researchers figured this was a form of "delayed gratification", and claimed to see a correlation between this behavior and economic growth rates of the respective countries.
This was all on a Morning Edition segment...
I dunno. I watch people here at the university all the time struggle to back into parking spaces. Usually they are terrible at it; backing and filling and backing and filling and getting out of the car to see if they are within the lines...
Why go to all that trouble?
But there is a solid reason in our case at least, better visibility of oncoming traffic when you leave. If you're trying to back out, and you're flanked by a big van or SUV... You can't see. Better to pull out, which allows you to see much quicker than if you were backing.
We coppers do this.... So we can pull out quickly if we get a call.
The article did mention that the research needs more work....
And the supposed indication that those who delay gratification have generally better life-outcomes; higher salaries, better jobs, etc.
Researchers noted that folks tend to either back in to parking spaces, usually with some difficulty, which means they can then pull out easily, or to pull in directly, which means they then have to back out carefully...
The ratio of folks that do these things varies sharply by countries... We Americans... Only 6-7% back in. In China, some 85% back in.
The researchers figured this was a form of "delayed gratification", and claimed to see a correlation between this behavior and economic growth rates of the respective countries.
This was all on a Morning Edition segment...
I dunno. I watch people here at the university all the time struggle to back into parking spaces. Usually they are terrible at it; backing and filling and backing and filling and getting out of the car to see if they are within the lines...
Why go to all that trouble?
But there is a solid reason in our case at least, better visibility of oncoming traffic when you leave. If you're trying to back out, and you're flanked by a big van or SUV... You can't see. Better to pull out, which allows you to see much quicker than if you were backing.
We coppers do this.... So we can pull out quickly if we get a call.
The article did mention that the research needs more work....
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