EDPE 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Prosocial Behavior, Relational Aggression
10 Oct 2016
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Prosocial behavior is behavior directed toward promoting the well being of another. One"s general standards about right and wrong. Includes such traits as honesty, fairness, and respect for other people. Children use internal standards to evaluate behavior at an early age. Children increasingly distinguish between moral and conventional transgressions. Children"s understanding of fairness evolves throughout early and middle childhood. Children"s ability to respond emotionally to others" harm and distress increases over the school years. Children increasingly take circumstances into account in their evaluations of behavior. Why of decision is the most important, not what (use of moral dilemma) Kohlberg drew on piaget"s two distinct stages of moral reasoning. Morality of constraint: focuses on consequences and authority figures. Kohlberg"s study found stage like progression of moral reasoning. Originally based only on interviews with individuals from western societies. Doesn"t include compassion and caring for those in need as higher development . People who exhibit more advanced moral reasoning behave more morally.
