FACTORS THAT IMPACT UNDERSTANDING PRO SOCIAL AND ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIORS IN EMERGING ADULTS

Factors That Impact Understanding Pro Social And Anti-social Behaviors In Emerging Adults
Factors that impact understanding pro social and anti social behaviors in emerging adulthood

To Prepare:

The Assignment:

  • Create a PowerPoint of 8–10 slides (using the notes section to elaborate on the points in your slides) of your presentation to these emerging adults. If you do not have access to PowerPoint, you may use Word for your presentation instead.
  • Explain how these behaviors develop and what their implications are. Explain how these factors are grounded in social and emotional development up to this point in the lifespan.

Learning Resources

Note: To access this week’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Required Readings

Prosocial

Damon, W. (2004). What is positive youth developmentAnnals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, 591, 13–24.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Eisenberg, N., Spinrad, T. L., & Knafo-Noam, A. (2015). Prosocial development. In M. E. Lamb (Vol. Ed.) & R. M. Lerner (Series Ed.), Handbook of child psychology and developmental science: Vol. 3. Socioemotional processes (7th ed., pp. 610–656). New York, NY: Wiley.

Noorden, T. H. van, Haselager, G. J., Cillessen, A. H., & Bukowski, W. M. (2015). Empathy and involvement in bullying in children and adolescents: A systematic review. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 44(3), 637–657. doi: 10.1007/s10964-014-0135-6
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Antisocial

Fagan, A. A., & Benedini, K. M. (2016). How do family-focused prevention programs work? A review of mediating mechanisms associated with reductions in youth antisocial behaviors. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 19(4), 285–309. doi: 10.1007/s10567-016-0207-0
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Kidwell, S. L., Young, M. E., Hinkle, L. D., Ratliff, A. D., Marcum, M. E., & Martin, C. N. (2010). Emotional competence and behavior problems: Differences across Preschool Assessment of Attachment classifications. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 15, 391–406. doi: 10.1177/1359104510367589
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Answer preview
Forgiveness refers to the deliberate choice a person makes for forgiving another person or a situation that wronged an individual and move on from it. Forgiveness is a character trait overlooked by many but very important as it helps with the healing process of a person’s emotions. Emerging adults need to forgive to fit and move on with life in a society. People who do not forgive grow up to be grumpy and complainers of every little bad thing that happens or happened to them. Life moves on so fast that such kind of people forget and are left behind. To move on comfortably in life, it is vital that teenagers adapt forgiveness as their character trait. Forgiveness also builds a person’s character…
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