Assertion: empathy's component | /r/CapableOf | lie the groundwork
Facets:
value: probably
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: Empathic concern is thought to emerge later developmentally and to require more self-control than either emotional contagion or personal distress, although these earlier components (along with the ability to imitate) probably lay the groundwork for later, more sophisticated forms of empathy.