What Is the Hallmark of Prosocial Behavior

question 43

Multiple Choice

What is the hallmark of prosocial behavior?

• A) It is done to help another without any obvious benefit for oneself.
• B) It is done to promote one's social standing within a group.
• C) It is done to hurt another in order to benefit oneself.
• D) It is a neutral action that does not hurt or benefit anyone.

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Definitions:

Institutional Discrimination

Discrimination carried out systematically by institutions (political, economic, educational, and others) that affects all members of a group who come into contact with it.

Jim Crow Laws

Racial segregation laws enacted in the Southern United States after the Reconstruction period, lasting until the mid-20th century, that enforced discrimination against African Americans.

Separate Facilities

Spaces or services provided separately for different groups of people, often based on race, gender, or other social categories, historically associated with discrimination.

Internalized Racism

The personal conscious or subconscious acceptance of the racial stereotypes and biases of the dominant culture, causing individuals to act against their own ethnic group.