Josie's mother tells her that she has a choice: she can have a friend come to dinner tonight,or she can wait until the weekend and her friend can also stay overnight.Josie chooses to have her friend come to dinner tonight.According to Laurence Steinberg's research on teens' ability to delay gratification,Josie is most likely:

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Laurence Steinberg's research on teens' ability to delay gratification indicates that older adolescents (around age 18) have a better ability to delay gratification than younger adolescents. Therefore, the fact that Josie chose to have her friend come to dinner tonight suggests that she is likely in early adolescence or the mid-teens, and not yet fully developed in her ability to delay gratification.

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