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About the Site
This is an informational website designed to educate on prosocial behavior, taken from social psychology's perspective . Many studies have been done to see what factors influence whether someone helps a stranger or not. These studies arose after the murder of Kitty Genovese which brought about a number of questions as to why people did not do anything to help. The answers to those questions have been answered through research in psychology and are in this website.