How to Use prosocial in a Sentence

prosocial

adjective
  • Researchers found that sixth-graders who are friends with peers who behave in prosocial ways tend to adopt similar behaviors by eighth grade.
    — Phyllis Fagell, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The current direction might be setting the stage to a fourth path – through the door of prosocial AI.
    — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Sometimes, those charismatic figures online are trying to sell them things or have a message that is not very prosocial.
    — Don Riddell, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
  • This shows that youth in the BSA are more likely to embrace prosocial values than non-Scouts.
    — Dallas News, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Children start to demonstrate prosocial behaviors like sharing as early as age two, and they’re linked to our brains’ reward systems.
    — Popular Science, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Choudhury found the pairs of migrants and locals crafted plans with more prosocial, community-serving ideas.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2024
  • But the problem is that just practicing gratitude on your own in a journal does not have the same benefits as practicing in a prosocial way.
    — Chris Schembra, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Touching teddy bears has also enabled kids who feel excluded to be more prosocial in their interactions with other kids.
    — Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Done deliberately, prosocial AI is a win-win-win-win for each global party in the global game of life.
    — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
  • And, because of its prosocial nature, it is treated as morally superior to a strict adherence to justice.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2022
  • This brain synchronization was tied to an increase in mutual prosocial behavior.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Over the course of our study, awe-walkers reported feeling less daily distress and more prosocial emotions such as compassion and amusement.
    — Dacher Keltner, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2023
  • This is the systems map that September 16 offers for prosocial AI.
    — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In other words, the microbes alone appeared capable of boosting prosocial tendencies.
    — Daniella Gray, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • Reinforce prosocial behaviors, such as shrinking his carbon footprint, and ignore his attempts to make fascist hand gestures in his stroller.
    — Cora Frazier, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Exposure to prosocial behaviors can help kids cultivate kindness.
    — Katia Riddle, NPR, 17 Mar. 2025
  • The second-order implications, turns out, oh, actually are not prosocial.
    — Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 9 Jan. 2026
  • This was her solution to the problem of prosocial behavior and altruism among hunter-gatherer societies.
    — Guest Blogger, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2012
  • Already diverse fields are harvesting the benefits of AI that is deployed with a prosocial vocation.
    — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Perhaps the chimpanzees who were more prosocial and focused on companions that engaged in grooming behavior reaped the benefit of this social support.
    — Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 May 2021
  • Right now, Americans are receiving more than a decade of additional time in the most satisfying and prosocial period of life.
    — Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The most stark difference between Ukraine and Russia lies in their trajectories of prosocial behavior.
    — Cassie Werber, Quartz, 20 Mar. 2023
  • That measure of success included high marks in self-competence, prosocial behavior, and self-efficacy.
    — Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune Well, 16 July 2023
  • Books certainly have an impact on readers, and some research indicates that reading fiction fosters prosocial feelings, such as empathy.
    — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Once it is set on the right path with prosocial ambitions to guide it, AI may serve the common good – in complementarity with our natural assets.
    — Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Instead, maybe companies should start by glorifying traits like empathy and prosocial behavior instead.
    — Simon Croom, Fortune, 6 June 2021
  • Still, these results suggest that a family dog can change the microbiome in ways that support prosocial behavior, empathy, and mental health in general.
    — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025
  • There is also growing evidence that adolescents and young adults benefit from prosocial behavior, with improved mental well-being.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 21 Dec. 2025
  • The prosocial neural network -- the areas of the brain associated with theory of mind -- was less active after sleep deprivation, this study found.
    — Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The vibe enabling these reintegrations into polite company is less prosocial than indifferent.
    — Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2024

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