An experimenter pretends to hurt her knee in front of a child to see how the child reacts to another's emotional response. This experimenter is studying
A) temptation.
B) delay of gratification.
C) empathy.
D) conscience.

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The experimenter is studying empathy, as she is pretending to feel pain to elicit an emotional response from the child and see how they react. Empathy is the ability to understand or share the feelings of another person.

An Experimenter Pretends to Hurt Her Knee in Front of a Child