Question

If a child is watching a favorite sibling getting scolded for misbehavior, which type of neuron is likely to be activated in an empathic response to this observation

Answer 1

The answer is "Mirror Neuron will be activated".

Mirror Neuron is a neuron primarily found in primates. As the name suggests it fires in both case when the animal/human acts or when the observer detect an action done by another, the neuron "mirrors" that behavior of other subject, like the one observing is the doer of that act