Foregoing an immediate outcome in favour of a preferred later one. Waiting can depend on control, strategy, current motivation and expectations that the later outcome will occur.[ref]
Cognitive and attentional mechanisms in delay of gratification by Walter Mischel and others. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 21, 204–218; experimental manipulations of attention during waiting
A task offering an immediate edible reward or a larger or preferred reward after waiting. Reward visibility, instructions, experimenter reliability and the maximum permitted waiting time affect its interpretation; a duration is not automatically a pure measure of self-control.
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