Editing Sympathy (section)

===Theory of mind===
The development of [[theory of mind]]—the ability to view the world from perspectives of other people—is correlated with the development of sympathy and other complex emotions.<ref name="Decety 2010 886–899"/> These emotions are called "complex" because they involve more than just one's own emotional states; complex emotions involve the interplay of multiple people's varying and fluctuating thoughts and emotions within given contexts. The ability to experience vicarious emotion, or to imagine how another person feels, is essential for empathic concern. Moral development is similarly tied to the understanding of outside perspectives and emotions.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Weele|first=Cor|title=Empathy's purity, sympathy's complexities; De Waal, Darwin and Adam Smith|journal=Biology & Philosophy|year=2011|volume=26|issue=4|pages=583–593|doi=10.1007/s10539-011-9248-4|pmid=21765569|pmc=3106151}}</ref> Moral reasoning has been divided{{By whom|date=August 2023}} into five categories, beginning with a hedonistic self-orientation and ending with an internalized sense of needs of others, including empathic emotions.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Eisenberg|first1=Nancy |last2=Carlo|first2=Gustavo |last3=Murphy|first3=Bridget |last4=Court|first4=Patricia|title=Prosocial Development in Late Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study|journal=Child Development|date=1 August 1995|volume=66|issue=4|pages=1179–1197|doi=10.1111/j.1467-8624.1995.tb00930.x|pmid=7671655 }}</ref>