PSY 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Prosocial Behavior, Moral Development, Reinforcement
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Prosocial behavior is any voluntary action that is intended to benefit another individual. It includes positive social actions as empathy and altruism. Children should understand enough about the emotions of others to respond in supportive and sympathetic ways when they see other children or adults hurt or sad. Prosocial behavior in preschool tend to continue into adulthood. Morality refers to a set of principles or ideas that enables individuals to differentiate between right and wrong and to direct their behavior accordingly. Critical thinking: socialisation agents in children"s lives. To experience negative emotions when they violate the rules. To control their impulses to engage in prohibited behavior. Socialization refers to the process through which individuals acquire the beliefs, customs, attitudes, values and roles of their culture and social group in order to integrate into and accepted by society behavior, emotional control and moral behavior. These behaviors refer to prosocial behavior (empathy, sharing, caring), role.
