Empathy Makes People More Likely to Help When They Focus

question 38

Multiple Choice

Empathy makes people more likely to help when they focus on:

• A)the expected social exchange.
• B)their own suffering.
• C)the suffering of a group.
• D)the suffering of an individual.

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Definitions:

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A hereditary metabolic disorder caused by the absence of an enzyme needed to process the amino acid phenylalanine, leading to intellectual disability if untreated.

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Gynecomastia

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