When we engage in helping that appears on its face to be altruistic, even selfless, and those people that benefit from our help share our genes, this would be congruent with the idea of
A) kin selection
B) reciprocal altruism
C) the social responsibility norm
D) bystander effect
Answer: A
Rationale: Kin selection predicts that altruistic behavior is most likely to occur when it benefits the individual's genetic legacy.
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