- After the Nazis annexed Austria in 1938, his family fled and settled in New York City, where they ran a dime store. He helped support the family by working in an umbrella factory and as an elevator operator.
- He received a master's degree from the City College of New York and a PhD from Ohio State University, both in clinical psychology. He taught at Harvard University before moving to Stanford.
- He was a psychologist who headed up the "marshmallow test" at Stanford University involving self-control and delayed gratification. A child was given a treat and presented with a choice. He could eat the treat right away. Or he could wait, alone, for up to 20 minutes. If he could resist eating the treat, he would then receive two treats as a reward. Mischel stayed in contact with some of the children into their adult lives, and presented his findings to mainstream readers in his 2014 book "The Marshmallow Test: Why Self-Control is the Engine of Success".
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