Others would even attribute their imperfect choices to their faulty willpower. We live in a society today where many people struggle to succeed and don't even have the motivation to try because they want to take it slow. Many people believe that willpower and motivation can be taught or learned, and in some cases it can be. In this specific case, it can be seen as a delay in personal satisfaction. A good example of this would be the experiment conducted by Walter Mischel of Columbia University who wanted to test self-control in children and it was called the marshmallow test which laid the foundation for the study of self control. Mischel developed a system that views will as “hot and cold.” The cool system is linked to the thought process, reminding you why you should complete the task, or in his case why the child should not eat marshmallows. The warm system deals more with reactions and reflexes, especially with certain triggers, such as the child eating marshmallow without thinking about the consequences. These two can be compared to having the angel and the devil on your shoulder. When willpower tends to weaken or fail, the hot side can take over, leading you to more rash or drastic reactions. An example of this can be given by how people would normally react when presented with two distinct options, one being right and the other wrong. The cool person in the situation who chose the right one would be happy and proud, maybe even a little relieved while the other person in the situation would be bored and stressed. Now that we've covered willpower as a topic, we can examine how its effects work in an academic or learning context.