PSYC 251 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12-14: Genetic Disorder, Social Isolation, Early Childhood Intervention
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Modeling: parents are models that kids are coninuously exposed to, most inluence. Parents who risked their lives to protect jews from nazis reported that their parents had cared for all people. Discipline: warm, supporive, set guidelines, provide feedback = beter, prosocial behaviour less common when parening is harsh, threatening and freq physical punishment. Must help child understand how their decisions afects others. Opportuniies to behave prosocially: most likely if given opportunity to help and cooperate with others allow to enjoy saisfacion from helping. Asserive: goal-oriented behaviours designed to further legiimize interests of individuals or groups. Instrumental aggression: use aggression to achieve an explicit goal (ex. grab a toy from another child) Hosile aggression: unprovoked, goal = inimidaion, harassment or humiliaion of another child. Relaional aggression: children try to hurt others by undermining their social relaionships (common with girls) - spreading rumours, gossip, etc. Individual tendency to aggress is stable over ime (paric.