Why are school immunization requirements needed? 1. School immunization requirements assure children are protected against vaccine-preventable diseases. â¢ Ohio schools first allowed to require smallpox vaccine in 1872 â¢ In 1959, Ohio added a detailed requirement for smallpox, polio and DTP vaccines
Altruism is one aspect of what social psychologists refer to as prosocial behavior. Prosocial behavior refers to any action that benefits other people, no matter what the motive or how the giver benefits from the action. Remember, however, that pure altruism involves true selflessness.
Noun. 1. altruism-the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others.selflessness. unselfishness-the quality of not putting yourself first but being willing to give your time or money or effort etc. for others; rural people show more devotion and unselfishness than do their urban cousins.. the principle or practice of unselfish concern for the welfare of others (opposed to egoism). 2. behavior by an animal that may be to its disadvantage but that benefits others of its kind.