The early cultivation of pro-social behaviors in children serves as a foundational element for developing social-emotional literacy and community resilience. 🏛️📜

"A Smile a Day: Simple Acts of Kindness for Children to Learn." For those interested in developmental psychology, pedagogy, and character education, this is an excellent resource.

Full article here:
🔗 https://www.dannasouthwellauthor.com/a-smile-a-day-simple-acts-kindness-children/

#CharacterEducation #ChildDevelopment #PublicInterest #ProSocialBehavior #ParentingResource #SocialLiteracy

The piece reports that toddlers show greater happiness when giving treats to others than when receiving treats themselves, suggesting that sharing is intrinsically rewarding from a very young age. The study uses structured giving scenarios with 16 to 23-month-olds to compare happiness across giving, receiving, and observing conditions, aiming to isolate genuine prosocial motivation from instruction-following.

This topic appeals to psychology readers because it highlights early developmental roots of prosocial behavior and the internal reward mechanisms that may reinforce generosity, offering insight into how cooperative behavior might originate and be maintained through positive emotion.

Article Title: Toddlers are happier giving treats to others than receiving them, study finds

Link to PsyPost Article: https://www.psypost dot org/toddlers-are-happier-giving-treats-to-others-than-receiving-them-study-finds/

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#toddlerdevelopment #prosocialbehavior #sharingreward #earlychildhoodpsychology #emotionresearch

Has anyone considered using evil social media behaviors for good?

What if we piled on people, but like...with empowering words that raise the "victim" up? Like, positive dogpiling. Message after message just, like, "You're awesome!" "Yeah!" "Let's goooo!" 🤔

#ProsocialBehavior #DigitalEthics #KindnessCampaign #SocialMediaDynamics #Fediverse #WholesomeInternet

Discover how your personality traits influence your generosity. Are you naturally inclined to give? #PersonalityInsights #ProsocialBehavior #CommunityEngagement

https://geekoo.news/the-personality-puzzle-why-some-people-give-more-than-others/

🐭 Mice performing first aid? #Science says yes! When a fellow mouse passes out, others sniff, nudge, and even pull its tongue – seemingly trying to revive it.

What drives this? Transcendent altruism? Or maybe... mom’s meatballs? 🤔 Nope. #Oxytocin.

🔬 Read more: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq2677

Are we just biochemical puppets? Or should we start prescribing oxytocin to certain... empathy-challenged individuals?

#Neuroscience #Empathy #ProsocialBehavior #BrainChemistry #Altruism #RodentStudy

Archaeoethnologica: The Social Instinct - Book / O Instinto Social - Livro

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2024/08/o-instinto-social.html

#Anthropology #biology #EvolutionaryAnthropology #cooperartioh #SocialInstinct #altruism #prosocialbehavior #Books #socialevolution