PSYCH 130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10.5: Prosocial Behavior, Lowkey, Motor Action F.C.
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Temperament plays a role in whether empathy occurs and whether it prompts sympathetic, prosocial behavior or personally distressed, self focused response. Sociable, assertive children who are good at regulating emotion are more likely to empathize, display sympathy and engage in prosocial behavior. Aggressive children with weakened capacity to take others" perspective and impulsive acting poor empathy and sympathy. Easily overwhelmed with anxiety at others" distress. Differences in empathy and sympathy seen in children"s facial and neurobiological responses. Warm parents who encourage emotional expressiveness and show empathy children are more likely to respond with concern to others" distress. Teaching children importance of kindness to intervene in inappropriate emotion. Angry punitive parenting disrupts empathy and sympathy esp w/ children who are poor emotion regulators. Temperament: early appearing, stable individual differences in reactivity and self regulation. Reactivity: quickness and intensity of emotional arousal, attention and motor action. Temperament can increase or protect a child from chances of psychological problem.
