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imanialler

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Samantha is watching a movie on TV. The story is about a young boy who had lost his brother in a traffic accident. Samantha says that she knows just how the boy feels and even guesses many of the character's lines before he says them.
 
  This situation illustrates the type of perspective taking involved with ________. a) a cognitive understanding of how others must feel in a particular situation
  b) an emotional reaction to the emotions experience by a close significant other individual
  c) imagining how friends of yours would feel if you were in the same situation as another individual
  d) feeling empathy forand identifying witha fictional character

Question 2

A New York City taxi cab driver once intervened and stopped what he perceived to be a mugging in progresseven though it actually was a group of actors performing a scene for a television sketch.
 
  The taxi driver probably intervened due to ________. a) the absence of the bystander effect
  b) the fact that he is a New Yorker
  c) his feelings of empathy
  d) a high level of egoism



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Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

c



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