The Empathic Joy Hypothesis Suggests

question 19

Multiple Choice

The empathic joy hypothesis suggests .

• A)we help others because of genetic attributes that evolved in response to natural selection pressures
• B)we help others because of the positive emotions we anticipate experiencing as a result of our helping behaviors
• C)we help others because we expect to be helped by them or someone similar at some time in the future
• D)we help others solely because we want to help someone in need
• E)we sometimes engage in helping behaviors to reduce negative emotions that we might be experiencing from other causes

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