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:

Cerebral Cortex

The outer layer of the brain, involved in complex functions such as consciousness, thought, emotion, reasoning, language, and memory.

Occipital

Pertaining to the occipital lobe, a region at the back of the brain that is primarily responsible for visual processing.

Temporal

Pertains to time or the sequential order of events.

Early Maturing

The process where an individual reaches physical and sexual maturity sooner than what is typically expected for their age group.