Sugar and Spice, and Everything Nice: Exploring Prosocial Development Through Infancy and Early Childhood

• Main Author: Markus Paulus (auth)
• Other Authors: Amanda Williams (auth), Chris Moore (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Psychology; Helping; prosocial behaviour; development; Infancy; childhood; sharing
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Prosocial behaviors such as sharing, helping, and comforting begin to emerge early in development. The presence of these prosocial behaviors is important not only in childhood, but throughout one's lifetime, as behaving prosocially is important for social functioning and maintaining social rela...