Consistent traits in a person take a certain amount of time and diligence to find. “I’ve always believed there are consistencies in a person that can be looked at… We just have to look in the right way.” Mischel proposes children who could delay their wants and show self control would also be able to do this as an adult. This consistency was shown in the children who didn’t immediately eat the marshmallow. Mischel’s research looks at these consistencies in the “right way.” He compares the children’s self control to that of when they are adults and studies the patterns of behavior. If they did not eat the first marshmallow in order to get the second one, then as adults, they tended to be overall more successful in life. Other consistencies can be picked up through a study like this as well. For example, someone who has always enjoyed being hyper might be attracted to a product on the market known as Red Bull due to the jolts of energy it advertises supplying.
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