Three-year-old Maxim is playing with his toys happily as his mother is watching a movie. He looks up ...

Three-year-old Maxim is playing with his toys happily as his mother is watching a movie. He looks up to see a few tears running down his mother's cheeks, because a sad scene just occurred in the film. He puts down his toys, climbs up next to his mother, and lays his head on her arm. When she asks him what's wrong, he says, I'm sad, Mommy.. Maxim has demonstrated the capacity to experience
 
  a. empathy.
 b. sympathy.
  c. acrimony.
  d. alimony.

Question 2

Parental bickering or severe fighting in front of the children is linked in research studies to
 
  a. no behavior problems in children.
  b. the same kinds of problems that children experience when their parents get separated or divorced.
  c. behavior problems in girls, but not in boys.
  d. a decrease in child biological alarm reactions..

Question 3

Which of the following qualities of young children may interfere with their ability to experience and demonstrate empathy?
 
  a. centration
 b. reversion
 c. egocentrism
  d. altruism