Balanced reciprocity:

a. is part of a long-term process in which nothing is specified about what is expected in return or when it is expected.
b. involves the expectation of a specific and immediate exchange.
c. usually occurs between members of different communities who may have a hostile, distrustful relationship.
d. is exemplified by your stopping to give a stranger a lift, and replying, when he thanks you, “Pass it on to the next stranger you meet who needs your help.”
e. does not occur in industrial societies.


ANSWER: b

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