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Experiencing empathy can motivate altruistic behavior. Please select the best answer from the choices provided

a. True
b. False

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The answer to the above statement is TRUE.

Empathy DOES motivate people to be selfless.
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Answer: True

Step-by-step explanation:

Empathy is the ability of a person to understand or feel what another person is thinking or experiencing. It is the ability of a person to keep oneself on other person's situation.

Altruistic behavior can be define as the behavior in which a person thinks that the well-being of others is equally important than the well being of self. It involves the selfless acts for the welfare of others.

On the basis of the above explanation, when one experience empathy than one can motivate altruistic behavior.

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