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Prosocial behavior is a real-life phenomenon. It takes place in various human frameworks. For example, prosocial behavior occurs in interpersonal relations between strangers as well as between friends; in intergroup relations when one group helps another group; in institutional frameworks when formal organizations help either individuals or groups; and in international frameworks when a State provides aid to another State or an international Organization gives economical or other aid to a nation. Human beings establish professions and institutions, whose main objective is to provide help to individuals, groups, and nations who are in need. Sometimes the help is provided as part of an exchange process, and sometimes it originates as a consequence of selfinterest or as a result of social responsibility.
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Karylowski, J., Bar-Tal, D. (1984). Introduction. In: Staub, E., Bar-Tal, D., Karylowski, J., Reykowski, J. (eds) Development and Maintenance of Prosocial Behavior. Critical Issues in Social Justice, vol 31. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2645-8_25
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