A.   Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

B.   Compassion is a cultural construction

C.   Compassion was built into human by God

A.   Compassion was built into human by God

B.   Compassion is a cultural construction

C.   Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

A.   Compassion is a cultural construction

B.   Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

C.   Compassion was built into human by God

A.   Fathers are not likely to provide care to human offspring

B.   Regions of the human brain respond to a baby’s distress cries within 40 milliseconds

C.   Humans form collaborative childcare networks to assist one another in the care of young children

D.   Humans form intense attachments with their offspring

A.   The trait (e.g., compassion) provides an efficient solution to a problem of survival or reproduction

B.   The trait relates to a universal problem humans face in surviving

C.   The trait appears designed

D.   The trait makes people happy

A.   The periaqueductal gray

B.   The prefrontal cortex

C.   The amygdala

D.   The hippocampus

A.   Brief words we shout when joyful

B.   Tonal qualities of certain languages, such as Mandarin

C.   Brief sounds that don’t include words that convey emotion

D.   Brief sounds that are the building blocks of words

A.   A shriek

B.   A laugh

C.   A sigh

D.   "WOW"

A.   That it signals dominance

B.   That it prompts other people to be alert

C.   That it provides social reward

D.   That it soothes during stress

A.   Disgust

B.   Compassion

C.   Awe

D.   Fear

A.   woos

B.   moos

C.   coos

D.   boos

A.   meek

B.   sleep

C.   weep

D.   soothe

A.   Epiglottis

B.   Vocal cord

C.   Larynx

D.   Jaw

A.   When feeling compassionate, people are more altruistic

B.   When seeing a coworker give to charity, one feels compassion and is more likely to give to charity

C.   When seeing someone in physical pain, you feel the same pain

D.   When reading the word “compassion,” you feel compassion

A.   Score higher on tests of empathy

B.   Be more likely to vote for Democrats

C.   Be more likely to be women

D.   Feel more sadness on a daily basis

A.   Americans on average give more money away to charity than spend on themselves

B.   People live longer if they give a lot of money away

C.   People report greater happiness at the end of the day when they have given some money away than if they spent it on themselves

D.   People report greater happiness at the end of the day when they have spent money on themselves than given it away

A.   Thinking of someone we love

B.   Giving money to charity

C.   Counting the money in your wallet

D.   Hearing supportive words from a friend

A.   Religion leads to increased altruism toward one’s own kind

B.   In really competitive contexts, altruism is more likely

C.   Altruistic actions lead to being respected and to enjoy elevated status

D.   Competition leads to suffering, which leads to more altruism

A.   It is impossible to reliably identify a single definition of compassion

B.   We can reliably identify more compassionate people to enter into mutually beneficial relationships

C.   Compassionate people have certain genes that make them more kind

D.   We can reliably identify our own feelings of compassion

A.   That compassion is seen in digital forms of communication in every culture

B.   That compassion is seen in 2 year olds

C.   That compassion is found in the writings of all the great religious and ethical scholars

D.   That compassion-like behavior is seen in our primate relatives

A.   Shared understanding during communication

B.   Double meanings of words

C.   Shifts in timing, tone of voice, and pitch that accompany words during speech

D.   Metaphor