Empathy __________

question 11

Multiple Choice

Empathy __________.

• A) is more often expressed in toddlerhood than in the preschool years
• B) leads to feelings of sorrow for another's plight
• C) serves as a motivator of prosocial behavior
• D) always yields acts of kindness and helpfulness

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Definitions:

Homoplastic Features

Traits shared by different species due to convergent evolution, not because of a common ancestry.

Correctly Matches

Properly aligns or associates two or more elements based on a set of rules or criteria.

Natural Selection

A mechanism of evolution posited by Charles Darwin, where organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

Predation

A biological interaction where one organism, the predator, hunts and consumes another organism, the prey, for food.