PSYC 2500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Prosocial Behavior, Moral Relativism, Moral Realism
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1 year: aware that others impose demands: understand that they are not allowed to do certain things, and asked to do others, teaching them self-control and strategies on how to control their behavior. 2 years: have internalized some controls: begin to regulate their emotions. 3 years: capable of self-regulation: deliberately avoid situations or temptations. Ability to maintain self-control is consistent over other situations (e. g. , confessing to misdeeds) and many years later: self-control is based in temperament and personality (therefore, does seem to be some genetic component to it) Inductive reasoning: explaining the situation to the child. Tells a child they shouldn"t be doing something, and explains why: encouraging them to think it through on their own, related to higher levels of self-control. Because they become more committed to their actions, and develop better coping and problem solving skills. Because i said so : authoritarian parenting style.