Three-year-old Maxim is playing with his toys happily as his mother is watching a movie. He looks up to see a few tears running down his mother's cheeks, because a sad scene just occurred in the film. He puts down his toys, climbs up next to his mother, and lays his head on her arm. When she asks him what's wrong, he says, "I'm sad, Mommy." Maxim has demonstrated the capacity to experience

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Maxim has demonstrated empathy, which is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person. He perceived his mother's sadness and responded by trying to comfort her. Sympathy, on the other hand, refers to feeling sorry or concerned for someone. Acrimony and alimony are unrelated terms.

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