The Authors of Your Text Tell a Story About Abraham

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