Meta-Analyses of Research on Empathy Indicate

question 18

Multiple Choice

Meta-analyses of research on empathy indicate:

• A) That empathy contributes only a small influence on treatment outcomes
• B) That empathy is a simple and easily measured construct
• C) That empathy probably accounts for as much and perhaps more outcome variance than specific interventions
• D) That empathy is unknowable and unmeasurable
• E) Both A and B

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Innate

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