While observing a Kindergarten class, I noticed a few little girls help comfort their friend. One of the little girl's got her feelings hurt in class when another student wouldn’t share a book. She soon began to cry. Naturally three other little girls went over to her, they all hugged her and made her laugh. Soon after this she stopped crying and went on to happily play with something else.
This relates to Prosocial Behavior that I’ve learned in Developmental Psychology. Prosocial behavior is where you do something nice or helpful for someone even though you don’t get anything out of it. In the book, Invitation to the Life Span by Kathleen Stassen Berger, they discuss how a child prosocial behavior can actually be traced back to the parents.
This relates to Prosocial Behavior that I’ve learned in Developmental Psychology. Prosocial behavior is where you do something nice or helpful for someone even though you don’t get anything out of it. In the book, Invitation to the Life Span by Kathleen Stassen Berger, they discuss how a child prosocial behavior can actually be traced back to the parents.