Connie is outside raking leaves and watching her son play with some neighborhood children. The children are playing football, and during one play it appears that several children have been injured. Connie rushes over to see if her son is okay first and then attends to the other children. Connie's reaction is best explained by
A. the empathy-altruism theory.
B. the arousal: cost-reward theory.
C. evolutionary theory.
D. environmental factors.
Answer: C
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