Question

Empathy __________.

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

Answer 1

A correct answer is an option (D)- serves as a motivator of prosocial behavior

Empathy is the feeling that leads to compassion for others. This is the pattern to describe other person's suffering from your own perspective as if you were suffering. Empathy is a motivation that push people to help each other that's why empathy is a motivation for prosocial behavior.

Incorrect options-

A) leads to feelings of sorrow for another’s plight - Empathy help us to understand others sorrow or feelings, not leads us to feeling of sorrow.

B).always yields acts of kindness and helpfulness - Empathy motivates us to help others but it is not mandatory condition that empathy always yield act of kindness.

C)is more often expressed in toddlerhood than in the preschool years- There is no specific age for the expression of empathy.