Kris N. Kirby|Gordon C. Winston|Mariana Santiesteban
Impatience and grades: Delay-discount rates correlate negatively with college GPA
Division of Chemistry|Ecolab (United States)|Division of Chemistry
rewards academic performance college often delayed delaydiscounting model impulsiveness ainslie 1975 ainslie g specious reward behavioral theory impulsiveness impulse control psychological bulletin 82 4 463496 predicts academic performance tend decrease people place less weight future outcomes test hypothesis estimated hyperbolic discount rates real delayed monetary rewards us10 us20 using secondprice auction procedures 247 undergraduates two liberal arts colleges college gpa reliably correlated discount rates r19 p003 remained reliable partialling sat scores results add external validity discounting model impulsiveness point possible contributor academic performance interest study higher education