
Abstract
A majority of current work indicates that the different types of prosocial behavior in young children (helping, sharing, comforting) are not related to each other. Here, I review recent studies that examined the relations between prosocial actions as well as the antecedents and correlates of the particular domains of prosociality. I argue that in addition to different social-cognitive demands also different motivations are involved in early prosocial action, and that prosociality is thus a concept that encompasses – at least early in development – heterogeneous behaviors and motivations.
Item Type: | Journal article |
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Keywords: | prosocial behavior; mechanisms; motivation; interrelations; developmental theory |
Faculties: | Psychology and Education Science > Department Psychology > Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie II |
Subjects: | 100 Philosophy and Psychology > 150 Psychology |
URN: | urn:nbn:de:bvb:19-epub-49132-6 |
ISSN: | 2352-250X |
Language: | English |
Item ID: | 49132 |
Date Deposited: | 03. May 2018 10:26 |
Last Modified: | 04. Nov 2020 15:07 |