Emphaty by Whitney Wright

What are the differences between sympathy and emphaty?

wrightw2016 — 2014-09-29 17:50:25 UTC

wrightw2016 — 2014-09-29 17:52:34 UTC

-Empathy and sympathy both involve sensitivity to another's emotions.

-Empathy is when you feel the same emotion as another.

-Sympathy is when you respond to someone else's emotion with no emotion or a different emotion.

wrightw2016 — 2014-09-29 17:58:38 UTC

o Example: A woman sees a sad child crying. If she feels sad, she is empathizing; if she offers to help or feels anxious, she is sympathizing.

wrightw2016 — 2014-09-29 18:06:05 UTC

· Individuals have different characteristic levels of empathy (trait empathy)

· More empathy is directed at members of one’s social group (in group) than at members of other social groups (out groups).

wrightw2016 — 2014-09-29 18:06:51 UTC

Mirror neurons: Cortical neurons that fire the same way when one observes an action as when one makes the action—may play a role in empathy—“mirroring" another's emotions

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