Given That the Heritability of Empathy Was Found to Be

question 39

Multiple Choice

Given that the heritability of empathy was found to be high (in one study, .72) , which interpretation of these findings is MOST appropriate with regard to the question of whether people are basically selfish?

• A) Empathy is inherited, and environmental influences contribute only approximately 28% to helping.
• B) Empathy is largely genetically determined and not subject to learning and other environmental influences.
• C) Altruism and empathy are largely inherited and cause people to help more if they have the genes for these traits.
• D) There is a genetic influence of empathy on individual differences measured in the population related to helping behavior.

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