Samantha Is Watching a Movie on TV

Multiple Choice

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) imagining how another individual perceives an event
E) feeling empathy for - and identifying with - a fictional character