Little Lizzie Takes a Tumble and Bumps Her Head

Little Lizzie takes a tumble and bumps her head.As she sits and ponders whether to scream or get up and keep on running,her mother approaches,scoops Lizzie up into her arms,and cries out,"Poor,poor Baby! Oh my gosh! Are you okay?" In response,Lizzie screws up her face and wails.Why did Lizzie respond as she did?

A) Her mother's empathy increased the extremity of Lizzie's pain.
B) The situation was at first ambiguous to Lizzie, who used her mother's response as a cue.
C) Lizzie knew that if she cried, her mother would give her a cookie.
D) Lizzie feared that her mother would punish her for running in the house and sought sympathy.
E) Lizzie had a delayed pain response.

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