PSYC 2120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Juvenile Delinquency, Prosocial Behavior, Impulsivity
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A second, higher-order set of feelings that can result in either injury or enhancement of our sense of self: guilt, shame, embarrassment, envy, pride, etc. These emotions play a large role in juvenile delinquency: shame motivates violence, guilt demotivates violence. Require adult instruction to teach the child how to feel. Empathy: the ability to detect different emotions, to take another"s emotional perspective, to feel with that person, or respond emotionally in a similar way, lack of empathy plays a large role in juvenile delinquency. Empathy is an important motivator of pro-social behavior. Empathy allows you to put yourself in someone else"s position. You will not harm someone if you can feel their pain. = feeling the same or similar emotions as another person: complex mix of cognition and affect, must detect emotions, take other"s perspective. Caregivers who use inductive discipline and model empathy. The child can contribute to their own empathy development.
