The Authors of Your Text Tell a Story About Abraham

question 137

Multiple Choice

The authors of your text tell a story about Abraham Lincoln in which Lincoln ordered a coach to stop so he could save some piglets from drowning. Lincoln claimed that he helped because "I should have had no peace of mind all day had I gone on and left that suffering old sow worrying over those pigs." Lincoln argued that he was helping because of __________.

• A) altruism
• B) self-interest
• C) social exchange concerns
• D) the reciprocity norm

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