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This study examined the differences in parenting practices and prosocial behaviour in children of different ethnic groups in South Africa.Method: Two South African mothers, both with six year old children
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Developmental Psychology PSY-484-X Assignment 1 Topic: The development of prosocial behaviour in early childhood: A cross-cultural study "Prosocial behaviour is the outcome of multiple ...factors" (Eisenberg & Fabes, 1998, p 742). Discuss this statement by referring to: (a) Biological determinants (5) (b) Cultural factors (5) (c) Socialisation within and outside the family (30) (d) The child's individual characteristics (10) 1 Table of Contents 1 Table of Contents 2 2 Abstract 4 3 Theoretical Review 4 3.1 Introduction 4 3.2 What is prosocial behaviour? 4 3.3 Foundations of Prosocial behaviour 5 3.3.1 Biological determinants 5 3.3.1.1 Innate Bias toward Prosocial Predispositions 5 3.3.1.2 Heritability of Prosocial Inclinations 6 3.3.1.3 Neuropsychological Underpinnings of Prosocial Responding 6 3.3.2 Cultural factors 6 3.3.3 Socialisation within and outside the family 7 3.3.3.1 Parental Disciplinary Practices 7 3.3.3.2 Parental Warmth and the Quality of the Parent-Child Relationship 8 3.3.3.3 Reinforcement and Modelling 9 3.3.3.4 Socioeconomic status 9 3.3.4 The child's individual characteristics 10 3.3.4.1 Age and gender 10 3.3.4.2 Temperament 10 3.3.5 An integrative model of prosocial behaviour 11 3.4 Conclusion 12 4 Practical Research 12 4.1 The current study 12 4.2 Results 12 4.2.1 Summary of Results 12 4.3 Discussion 13 4.3.1 Results 13 4.3.2 Comparison 13 4.3.3 Ethnicity 13 4.3.4 Parenting Style and Temperament of the child 14 4.3.5 Limitations 14 4.4 Conclusion: 15 5 Schematic Representation 15 6 Reference List: 16 7 Evaluation of my work 17 8 Personal Comments 17 2 Abstract The development of prosocial behaviour in early childhood: A cross-cultural study Objective: This study examined the differences in parenting practices and prosocial behaviour in children of different ethnic groups in South Africa. Method: Two South...
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