PSYC 100 Chapter Notes -Longitudinal Study, 18 Months, Moral Development

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Ingrid Johnsrude

Document Summary

Can include altruistic acts but also actions such as helping, cooperating, comforting and other behaviour that are beneficial to someone else but may also benefit the person performing the act. Refers to acts performed primarily for the benefit of another person and at a cost to the person performing the actions: eg. Empathy: when a person witnesses another person"s emotional state and is emotionally affected by it themselves. Can be seen in 18 months, increase in frequency. Physical aggression peaks around 2. 5 years, decreases: verbal aggression increases when child learns to master language, most aggression towards others is for the purpose of gaining something, aggression turns defensive with age. Can be sex differences in ways anti social behaviour is displayed: across cultures males seem to be more aggressive than females. Reason primary on their own interests, avoidance of punishment. No longer depend on strong external forces (parents, police)