You announce in your University tutorial class that you cannot find one of the articles on the course's 'recommended reading list' that is particularly relevant for your upcoming essay. One of your classmates says that they have an extra copy and gives it to you to keep. After the tutorial, this same classmate comes up to you and asks if they can borrow your lecture notes from the last three lectures. In accordance with the ________ you feel obliged to give them your lecture notes.

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The reciprocity principle explains this situation, as it refers to the social norm of responding to a positive action with another positive action, rewarding kind actions. In this case, because your classmate gave you an article, you feel obliged to reciprocate the kindness by lending your lecture notes.

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