A Relational Developmental Systems Approach to Moral Development

Carpendale, Jeremy I. M.; Hammond, Stuart I.; Atwood, Sherrie

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-397946-9.00006-3

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“…As a result, infants are guided to engage in helpful acts in everyday life from early on (see Dahl, Campos, & Witherington, 2011, p. 151, for an illustration), although children's opportunities and tendencies to help varies between communities (Callaghan et al, 2011;Rogoff, 2003). Several researchers have proposed similar interactional views of infant helping Carpendale, Hammond, & Atwood, 2013;Dahl et al, 2011;Rheingold, 1982).…”

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The Developing Social Context of Infant Helping in Two U.S. Samples

2015

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Theories about the development of helping make different assumptions about infants’ everyday experiences. Yet little research has investigated early helping at home. Two studies investigated the presence, encouragement, and social reinforcement of helping in 11–25-month-old infants in U.S. middle-class families. In Study 1, 76 mothers provided descriptions of infant helping. Study 2 involved videotaping of naturalistic interactions in 51 families. From around the first birthday, most infants helped at home. Instances of helping were frequently accompanied by encouragement, thanking, or praising. Longitudinal and cross-sectional findings were consistent with the view that family members’ involvement contributes to infant helping, although the role of family members may depend on infant age. These findings have implications for theories and research about infant helping.

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The Developing Social Context of Infant Helping in Two U.S. Samples

2015

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“…We use the term prosocial behavior for acts that tend to promote the welfare of others, regardless of the motive underlying these acts (For a discussion of different types of prosocial behaviors, see Dunfield & Kuhlmeier, 2013); Because prosocial acts are defined at the level of behaviors rather than motives, prosocial behaviors do not always stem from altruistic motives. For instance, some have argued that infants help to engage in social interactions, not to promote the well-being of others (Carpendale, Hammond, & Atwood, 2013;Dahl, 2015;Paulus, 2014).…”

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From Interest to Obligation: The Gradual Development of Human Altruism

Dahl

Paulus

2018

Child Dev Perspectives

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Altruism is a central feature of human morality. Recent research sheds light on the development of altruism in early childhood. In this article, we propose a theoretical framework that systematizes research on how altruism develops from infancy to childhood. The framework includes four phases in the development of human altruism: (a) interest in social interactions, (b) preference for others’ goal completion, (c) concern with others’ well‐being, and (d) a normative stance toward altruistic actions. We point to needs for additional research, especially on developmental processes by which children develop from one phase to another, eventually leading children to acquire forms of altruism that play important roles in human societies.

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“…In the course of early development, the tendency to act altruistically shows a marked increase (Knafo & Plomin, ; Svetlova et al., ). Given the widespread interest, different theoretical approaches have attempted to account for these phenomena (for discussions, see Carpendale, Hammond, & Atwood, ; Cortes Barragan & Dweck, ; Dahl, Campos, & Witherington, ; Dunfield, ; Hammond, ; Hay, ; Martin & Olson, ; Paulus, ).…”

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Toddlers Involve Their Caregiver to Help Another Person in Need

Paulus

Jung

O’Driscoll

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Three experiments with 18‐ to 35‐month‐old children (n = 169) studied toddler–caregiver interactions when being confronted with another person in need. In particular, we explored whether toddlers would request their caregiver to help a needy other when they are not able to help themselves. Children observed another person who needed help to accomplish a task, but were either not able to provide help as the object was out of reach (Experiment 1) or because an obstacle prevented children from interacting with the other person (Experiments 2, 2b). The experiments revealed the same developmental trend with 2.5‐year‐olds selectively involving their caregiver to help the needy other. The results are interpreted in terms of toddlers’ motivation to see others helped and with respect to their developing ability to actively involve others to regulate their emotions.

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A Relational Developmental Systems Approach to Moral Development

Cited by 84 publications

References 30 publications

The Developing Social Context of Infant Helping in Two U.S. Samples

The Developing Social Context of Infant Helping in Two U.S. Samples

From Interest to Obligation: The Gradual Development of Human Altruism

Toddlers Involve Their Caregiver to Help Another Person in Need

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