CHD-2220 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Prosocial Behavior, Phallic Stage, Gender Role

• School: FSU
• Department: Family and Child Sciences
• Course: CHD-2220
• Professor: D R.M U R R A Y K R A N T Z

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Prosocial behavior: behavior that shows concern for the welfare of others. Balances out the early appearance of aggression. Include helping, caring, sharing, rescuing, protecting, and donating. Childre(cid:374) respo(cid:374)d to other people(cid:859)s distress (cid:271)efore the e(cid:374)d of the second year. 2 - 2 year-old children begin to respond with more direct efforts to reduce the suffering of others. Some increase in frequency during the preschool years while others stay constant or even decrease. Increases depend on the development of childre(cid:374)(cid:859)s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to sho(cid:449) e(cid:373)path(cid:455) Children who are more prosocial at 3-4 years of age are likely to be more prosocial at 5-6. Mothers of more prosocial children were more nurturant and emotionally responsive to their children than mothers of less prosocial children: mothers combined empathic caregiving and power-assertive moral communications to promote prosocial behavior in their children. Mothers(cid:859) use of rei(cid:374)for(cid:272)e(cid:373)e(cid:374)t for their (cid:272)hildre(cid:374)(cid:859)s proso(cid:272)ial (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior has little positi(cid:448)e effect.