Which of the Following Best Describes What Is Referred to as the "Empathy

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes what is referred to as the "empathy gap"?

A) People base their understanding of others' emotional states on what they know of their own; therefore, judgments about others can be biased and inaccurate
B) It is easier to understand and relate to the emotional reactions of ingroup members than outgroup members
C) People in a cognition-based state cannot easily imagine motivations and behaviors of those in an affect-based state
D) The degree to which people attribute their own behaviors to emotional states is greater than the degree to which they make similar attributions for others