prosociality
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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While children with greater than average prosociality generally had better mental health at any single given point in time, this did not mean their mental health improved as they got older.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2023
More generally, their understandings of oxytocin and serotonin are greatly oversimplified; for example, scientists increasingly view oxytocin not as fostering prosociality per se, but as “increasing the salience of social cues”—prosocial and antisocial alike.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2022
The researcher, who studied prosociality and wellbeing before leaving academia to pursue commercial opportunities, also lobbed criticisms at Facebook for its addictive nature.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 19, 2018
“I wanted to test human prosociality in an everyday situation,” he says.
From Nature ● Oct. 11, 2017
In other words, the costs and benefits of prosociality in the business world are no different than for the rest of life.
From Forbes ● Sep. 16, 2013
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