Why Is Empathy Training a Good Antidote to Aggression? Empathy

question 79

Multiple Choice

Why is empathy training a good antidote to aggression? Empathy makes it __________.

• A) harder to derogate our victims
• B) easier to think about the consequences of our actions
• C) easier to reduce cognitive dissonance
• D) harder to reduce cognitive dissonance

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Definitions:

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