Evidence in Favor of the View That Empathy Is Innate

question 119

Multiple Choice

Evidence in favor of the view that empathy is innate comes from the observation that

• A) three-month-old infants cry when any loud noise occurs.
• B) three-day-old infants cry when another infant cries.
• C) altruism precedes empathy.
• D) different cultures demonstrate different empathic patterns.

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