Question

Marilyn's church group went to Mexico to teach children to read, even though they didn't expect to get anything back for doing it. This is an example of:

A. attribution.
B. social norms.
C. social cognition.
D. altruism.

Answer 1

D. altruism which is the act of doing something selfless for someone else. 

Answer 2

Answer:

D. altruism.

Explanation:

We can define altruism as "the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others". Marilyn's Church Group is teaching kids to read for selfless reasons, since they don't expect anything back. What they are doing is clearly an example of altruism.