delayed gratification

psychological concept describing a process that the subject undergoes when the subject resists the temptation of an immediate reward in preference for a later reward
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delayed gratification

Summary

delayed gratification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (304 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • delayed gratification's GND ID is recorded as 4144448-6[2].
  • delayed gratification's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh2013002387[3].
  • delayed gratification's subclass of is recorded as consumer behavior[4].
  • delayed gratification's subclass of is recorded as self-control[5].
  • delayed gratification's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[6].
  • delayed gratification's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07_rx_[7].
  • delayed gratification's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/delay-of-gratification[8].
  • delayed gratification's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/delayed-gratification[9].
  • delayed gratification's FAST ID is recorded as 1909458[10].
  • delayed gratification's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as instant-gratification[11].
  • delayed gratification's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778672703[12].
  • delayed gratification's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007572811405171[13].
  • delayed gratification's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C3019428158[14].
  • delayed gratification's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 23692[15].

Why It Matters

delayed gratification ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (304 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . National Library of Israel. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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