Summary PYC4805 Child Development Assignment 2 2019

PYC4805 - Assignment 2




Title:
Socialization within the family as the most important
influencer of prosocial behaviour in early childhood




Author:
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, PLAGIARISM DECLARATION




1. I know that plagiarism is wrong. Plagiarism is using another’s work and pretending that it
is one’s own work.
2. I have used the American Psychological Association (APA) as the convention for citation
and referencing. Each significant contribution to, and quotation in, this assignment from
the work, or works of other people has been attributed and has been cited and referenced.
3. This assignment is my own work.
4. I have not allowed, and will not allow, anyone to copy my work with the intention of
passing it off as his or her own work.
5. I acknowledge that copying someone else's assignment, or part of it, is wrong, and
declare that this assignment is my own work




UNISA STUDENT NUMBER: ********
DATE: 12 JULY 2018




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, TABLE OF CONTENTS


1. Introduction ………………………………………………………….........….... 4
2. A review of past psychological theories in relation to prosocial
development.………………………………………………………………........ 5-6
3. The role of the family in the development of prosocial behaviour in
early childhood ...………………………………………………………............. 6-8
4. The role of the child’s individual characteristics and biological
presdisposition to prosocial behaviour ………………………….……..........…. 8-9
5. Cultural factors contributing towards prosocial behaviour in early childhood.... 10
6. Conclusion………………………………………………………........................ 11
7. Reference list……………………………………………….......................……. 12 - 16




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