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14 - Social-Cognitive Development and Early Prosocial Behavior

from Part II - Antecedents and Mechanisms of Prosociality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2023

By
Markus Paulus
Edited by
Tina Malti  and
Maayan Davidov
Tina Malti
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
Maayan Davidov
Affiliation:
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Summary

This chapter reviews recent research on the relation between early social-cognitive development and the ontogeny of prosocial behavior. In particular, it focuses on action understanding, cognitive perspective taking, affective perspective taking, social learning, reciprocity, and strategic behavior, as well as self-related cognitive processes. For each aspect, central theoretical considerations and an overview of current empirical findings are presented. The chapter concludes with a discussion of implications of these lines of research for the promotion of early prosocial behavior.

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early developmentsocial understandingperspective takingstrategic behaviorself-conceptsocial learning
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The Cambridge Handbook of Prosociality
Development, Mechanisms, Promotion
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Print publication year: 2023

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