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I was a very compliant child. I'd have had no problem waiting.
There have been similar experiments done with adults. In one, a group of people are seated around a table and some money in the form of one dollar bills is placed in a dish in the center. Anybody is allowed to take any of the money at any time and keep it, but so long as any remains in the dish, one more dollar is added once every minute.
They found that most of the time the money would be gone quickly. As soon as one impulsive person started taking anything, there'd be a mad grab, even though it's apparent that everyone benefits by waiting until the end of the experiment to empty the plate.
It mixes delayed gratification with group dynamics and shows how groups often don't do what is the best for the people in the group.
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