PSYC 304 Chapter 12: PSYC 304 Chapter 12
25 Aug 2018
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9:37 pm: beginning of self control, delay of gratification: Self control: ability to control one"s behavior and to inhibit impulsive responding to temptations. Self control linked with disciplinary style in which parents are warm and loving but establish well defined limits on what behavior is acceptable. Understand that rules are not absolute: people can also change rules because they agreed in the first place to create and follow them. Later research showed: children"s early moral reasoning does not consider adult authority final and absolute, believe adult authority is limited: think damaging another child"s possession is wrong even when adult says it is ok. Simple acts of altruism can be seen by 18 months. If adults in obvious need of help most 18 months old spontaneously help: toddler and preschool years gradually begin to understand other"s needs and learn more appropriate altruistic responses. Intentions to act pro-socially increase with age as do the strategies for helping.
