In a 3- to 5- page paper:

• Explain the role of attachment in empathy.
• Explain how and why the presence of empathy may be a protective factor against causing harm.
• Provide an example of a violent crime and how attachment and empathy may play a role.
• Explain whether or not empathy may be hard-wired. If so, how? Provide an example.
• Explain the expression “neurons that fire together wire together.” Provide an example.