According to Eisenberg and colleagues, when children and adolescents are given prosocial dilemmas, in which they choose between benefiting themselves only or helping others, __________.

A. young children are able to engage in the most sophisticated level of prosocial reasoning
B. adolescents tend to think only of themselves and ignore other people's needs
C. guilt is the only emotion that seems to motivate prosocial actions
D. both feeling guilty for not helping and taking the perspective of another person become more common in late middle childhood and early adolescence


Answer: D

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