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Is Buying Girl Scout Cookies Pro social?

By muscatm1 On March 1, 2011 · 4 Comments

I’m usually not a very pro social guy, i research it but i just don’t play ball. The one exception however is when it comes to charities that give me something back.

MY favorite? GIRL SCOUT COOKIES. Nam nam nam.

When i buy a pack of somoas from a girl scout at my [...]

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To be Prosocial? Or to prevent the Anti social?

By muscatm1 On March 1, 2011 · 5 Comments

It is often said that pro-social behavior is that which is done for the good of a group or community. We as logical college students recognize that everything has an opposite, or an evil twin per-say. That ugly evil twin of pro-social behavior are those behaviors which are antisocial.

In the [...]

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What is prosocial computing and why do we need it?

By garyhsieh On February 3, 2011 · 5 Comments

Prosocial computing is the domain of technology that enables and encourages people to help others. The prosocial in prosocial computing comes from research on prosocial behavior. Prosocial behavior is defined as voluntary actions that are intended to help or benefit another individual or group of individuals (Eisenberg and Mussen). The most straightforward examples of prosocial [...]

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