Question

What is meant by delay of gratification? Why is it considered important for adult
development?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Shapiro time delay effect, or gravitational time delay effect, is one of the four classic solar-system tests of general relativity. Radar signals passing near a massive object take slightly longer to travel to a target and longer to return than they would if the mass of the object were not present.

Answer 2

Delay of gratification and Importance for adult development:

• It is an action of resisting any reward immediately after an impulse with the confidence hope that obtaining more valued reward in future.
• It is essential for every adult for self-control, or self-regulation.
• It is experimentally has more positive implications for girls than for boys.
• Girls who has delay of gratification are considered as adults, described as "having high intellectual power" or "competent", otherwise considered as "emotionally liable" or "sulky or whiny".
• It is more important for boys and encouraged to develop behavior patterns which are useful later in life.