Prosocial Conduct
Prosocial behavior is a social behavior that helps individuals and the community in general. In this essay, I have used data collected by a team of developmental psychologists. The psychologist collected the data after measuring generosity and children’s sensitivity to injustice in three different countries with different political ideologies.
Prosocial behavior is positively associated with moral judgments. The difference between prohibition-oriented and prosocial reasoning or between obligatory and discretionary judgments, while practical, are not satisfactory in describing prosocial behavior. Prosocial behavior takes into consideration sanctions, laws, and prohibitions. Optional judgments are not free of mandatory deliberation. Personal aims and the urge to help others are associated with prosocial actions. Empathy and self-esteem arbitrate the relation between prosocial behavior and moral judgment. Gender curbs the associations among prosocial behavior, understanding, and moral judgments. In boys, prosocial behavior directly relates to moral judgment, while in girls, empathy and self-esteem intermediate the association between prosocial behavior and moral judgments. In the study, children below 10 % showed moral judgment in each of the three countries.
There is a relationship between the generosity of workers and the quality of services they offer in the organizations. Generous workers offer 9 percent better services in their typical work setting. On average, workers offer better services after encouragement or observation by a peer. Generous individuals assist others while in need, provide information, comfort others in case they are distressed, and share resources. Adults mostly participate in these activities, even at a cost or without any immediate benefits. Research shows that generosity is a unique trait in humans, which originates from social practices, which includes rewarding prosocial acts done by children and issuing prosocial lessons. Most of these researches base experiments for adults as well as students at school and hence cannot be used to conclude that altruistic behavior originates from socialization alone, nor prove to be in early childhood. Motivational processes and fundamental cognitive associated with generous behavior develops in the life course of human beings. Children who showed generosity in each of the three countries was below 9%.
Justice sensitivity indicates how an individual reacts to instances of injustice. Some individuals react to injustice, while others do not. Sensitivity towards injustice indicates prosocial behavior, while insensitivity indicates antisocial behavior. Justice-sensitive individuals recognize injustice often and respond to it immediately. Researchers have carried out much research on justice sensitivity in adults; and concerning adolescence and childhood, there is little knowledge about its connection to emotional and prosocial behavior. Justice sensitivity is also dependent on the gender and age of an individual. Justice sensitivity helps in determining behavioral and emotional problems among adolescents and children. Sensitivity to injustice is a protective factor or/and risk for mental fitness in adolescence and childhood. Sensitivity to justice from the perspective of the victim shows a lack of solidarity and correlates with selfish behavior, while the opposite shows prosocial behavior. In the three countries, below 9 % of the children in each county showed sensitivity towards injustice.
Being prosocial is beneficial not only for an individual but also for society. Prosocial behavior is associated with traits that a person has concerning moral judgment, generosity, and sensitivity to injustice. According to the above data, below 10% of the children showed prosocial behavior. Ways to nature children with prosocial behavior should be determined and implemented.