Author Question: Name three things that positively predict prosocial behavior. What will be an ideal ... (Read 59 times)

audie · **on:** Sep 14, 2018

Name three things that positively predict prosocial behavior.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

As children move through adolescence, what is one possible reason the text gives for why they do not increase their prosocial behavior?

What will be an ideal response?

smrtceo · **Reply #1 on:** Sep 14, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: emotional competence and empathy (including both the ability to control ones own emotions and the ability to read others emotions); parental responsiveness and secure attachment; parent value for prosocial behavior, along with parental warmth; authoritative parents who use victim-centered induction; praise as reinforcement; practice engaging in prosocial behavior

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: Adults sometimes train children to inhibit their natural prosocial impulses, such as telling them it is the teachers job to take care of distressed classmates, not theirs; children view many antisocial models both live in their daily life and in the media; children increase in their ability to self-regulate so that they do not impulsively respond to others distress; children become more aware of the costs of prosocial behavior and learn to protect their self-interests better