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impulses. And vice versa : High sympathy can substitute for low guilt.
In a 2014 study, for example, Malti looked at 244 children. Using caregiver
assessments and the children -observations, ’self she rated each child ’ s
overall sympathy level and his or her tendency to feel negative emotions after
moral transgressions. Then the kids were handed chocolate coins, and given a
chance to share them with an anonymous child. For the low-sympathy kids,
how much they shared appeared to turn on how inclined they were to feel guilty.
The guilt- prone ones share more, even though they hadn ’ t magically
become
more sympathetic to the other child ’ s deprivation.
“ That ’ s good news, ” Malti says, “ We can be prosocial because we
caused harm and we feel regret. ”
21. Researchers think that guilt can be a good thing because it may help
_______.
A. regulate a child ’ s basic emotions
B. improve a child ’ s intellectual ability
C. foster a child ’ s moral development
D. intensify a child ’ s positive feelings
22. According to Paragraph 2, many people still consider guilt to be
_______. A. deceptive