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Altruism in Psychology - Short Opinion Brief on Altruism

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How does altruism apply to psychology or psychological principles?

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Short Brief on Alturism and how it relates to the field of Psychology from an opinion view point. Resources for further education added in the solution.

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Altruism defined is the complete willingness by one person to give of themselves to another person in order to help that person in some positive manner or somehow make things better for them without any thought of compensation or payback for their time and effort.

In psychology, it is paramount that ...

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