PSY 3135 Lecture 2: SEL & Prosocial Behaviour
22 Oct 2016
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School is not just reading, writing, and arithmetic: becoming a good person, becoming a citizen in a democracy, tools needed to succeeded academically. Reading: school completion and academic success: the impact of early social-emotional. Reading: emotional intelligence in the first five years of life. Children in program are less aggressive, understand emotions more (cid:494)baby as teacher(cid:495): family visits to classroom. Poverty-mitigation programs: catch-up in time for school. Evidence of effects: later impact on graduation, lower crime, greater employment. Linked to executive function and self-regulation (cid:498)(ead start(cid:499): curriculum to give families an opportunity to boost kid(cid:495)s success in school through. Prosocial behavior is any action intended to help others. One motivation for prosocial behavior is altruism, or the desire to help others with no expectation of reward. Code for 2 of the following: prosocial behaviour, empathy, mind-mindedness, parental sensitivity. 4 principles: walk away ignore, talk it out, seek help. Level controls: program schools [high/low poverty, control schools [high/low poverty]
