Candi is on a diet; she wants to lose five pounds. She is at a friend's house baking chocolate chip cookies. Before she went to her friend's house, she drank several glasses of water to make her feel full and avoid the temptation to eat cookies. In this example, the short-term reward would be

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Eating some cookies represents the short-term reward in this scenario. Drinking water to feel full was a strategy to avoid giving in to the immediate gratification of eating cookies, which contrasts with the long-term goal of losing weight.

Candi Is on a Diet; She Wants to Lose Five