A.   Compassion is a cultural construction

B.   Compassion was built into human by God

C.   Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

A.   Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

B.   Compassion was built into human by God

C.   Compassion is a cultural construction

A.   Compassion was built into human by God

B.   Compassion is a cultural construction

C.   Compassion has been shaped by natural selection

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

B.   Humans form intense attachments with their offspring

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

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

A.   The trait makes people happy

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

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

D.   The trait appears designed

A.   The prefrontal cortex

B.   The amygdala

C.   The periaqueductal gray

D.   The hippocampus

A.   Brief sounds that are the building blocks of words

B.   Tonal qualities of certain languages, such as Mandarin

C.   Brief words we shout when joyful

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

A.   A laugh

B.   "WOW"

C.   A sigh

D.   A shriek

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.   Fear

B.   Compassion

C.   Disgust

D.   Awe

A.   coos

B.   moos

C.   woos

D.   boos

A.   meek

B.   sleep

C.   soothe

D.   weep

A.   Vocal cord

B.   Jaw

C.   Larynx

D.   Epiglottis

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 be women

C.   Be more likely to vote for Democrats

D.   Feel more sadness on a daily basis

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

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

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

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

A.   Counting the money in your wallet

B.   Giving money to charity

C.   Thinking of someone we love

D.   Hearing supportive words from a friend

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

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

C.   In really competitive contexts, altruism is more likely

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

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

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

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

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-like behavior is seen in our primate relatives

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

D.   That compassion is seen in 2 year olds

A.   Double meanings of words

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

C.   Shared understanding during communication

D.   Metaphor