A child who feels empathy but not sympathy would ________.
A. be capable of acting to help a distressed person but would feel no strong emotions while doing so
B. have feelings similar to those of a distressed person but would not feel sorrow for that person's plight
C. have feelings of concern for another person but would lack the motivation to act on those feelings
D. be capable of action that helps another person, but only when those actions help himself or herself as well
Answer: B
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