Factors that Promote or Prevent Prosocial Behavior



Factors that Promote or Prevent Prosocial Behavior

Introduction

Prosocial behavior is any positive social behavior carried out to benefit another with or without altruistic motivation that includes actions such as giving and sharing, cooperation, help and empathy (Batson, 1998). Promote prosocial behavior helps build children get along with their peers, are communicative and even learn better. The knowledge of this type of behavior can be used to build a more prosocial, for example, although children tend to be more prosocial to the extent that can take different perspectives, educators can serve as rewards, to expose them to learning models prosocial and cooperative.

In psychology the term is used to refer to prosocial behavior all acts designed to benefit other individuals in any way, without ulterior motives to consider benefactor. Seeking to avoid the controversy of whether the human being always acts to satisfy their own interests or to derive some kind of satisfaction, or if, on the other hand is able to act selflessly. The study of prosocial, while important in psychology, is one of the most neglected areas, because of its difficulty, the complexity of the field and the many variables that come into play (Batson, 1998).

According to Rivera and Ardila (2003), there are very few jobs experimental and very few theories to explain this behavior. One factor that is associated and induces prosocial behavior is attitude toward prosocial behavior, which always refers to values. The attitude refers to the direction of the behavior, not the behavior itself. It is an evaluative statement or judgment regarding objects, people or events.

Discussion

Prosocial behavior is conduct for society where many factors influence the development of the same. These factors can influence positively and negatively, since they include both fear and aggression as the child's relationship with their peers. Those who help the smooth running of this behavior are parents, teachers, siblings and others who are in the child's social life. This behavior will be developing differently in each child that depends on the environment in which the child is exposed. Studies have shown that parents who act children prosocial act likewise. As it is also believed that this behavior is an innate disposition that can be molded over time with the help of parents (Batson , 2007).

Factors influencing the development of a healthy prosocial behavior are this aggression. Small children showed instrumental aggression, where the child behaves aggressively in order to achieve a goal. For example, if the child wants to get the ball to his teammate who is playing rudely take it off but only in the interest of getting the ball not to hurt or harm anyone. Mostly this type of aggression occurs in social play (Wilson, 2008).

This instrumental aggression is common then switch to physical and verbal aggression. Children have mostly explicit or direct aggression which is physical or verbal and openly addresses its target. Instead the girls show a relational or social aggression where aggression is more subtle and involve damage ...