A child is playing with her sibling and accidentally gets too rough. The sibling ends up falling and getting hurt. The child responsible immediately helps the sibling up and offers comfort to attempt to stop the crying for fear of being punished by her parents. What is this an example of?

A. empathy-motivated altruism
B. benefit finding
C. genetic foundations of empathy
D. egotism-motivated altruism


Ans: D

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