Noor and Ahmad are four-year-old twins who are shopping with their mother. She offers to buy them each a small cookie to eat while they shop or to buy them each a large toy if they are good until she finishes shopping. Noor takes the cookie but Ahmad waits for the toy. From this behaviour you could predict that in high school Noor will be ____________ successful than Ahmad.
A) more
B) less
C) just as
D) a or c

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By choosing instant gratification (a small cookie) over waiting for a bigger reward (a large toy), Noor exhibits a lack of self-control and delayed gratification. Research has shown that the ability to delay gratification is a predictor of success in various areas of life, including academic performance and career success. Therefore, it is likely that Ahmad, who demonstrated greater self-control and long-term thinking by waiting for the toy, will be more successful than Noor in the long run.

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