Examples List on Analysis Of Empathy And Sympathy

...Sympathy School Drug Use: Survey Finds 17 Percent of High School Drink, Smoke, Use Drugs During The School Day. This article is from an online search. It is available in the Huff Post Educational newsletter dated 23rd August 2012. It is a descriptive article, shedding more light on the issue of drug abuse among the high school students in the United States. The information contained in the article is in the form of elaborated statistics from actual studies or researches by credible associations and organizations. The author of this article uses the statistics on drug abuse among the school teens to evoke sympathy for the situation. By using numerical...

...Sympathy School Drug Use: Survey Finds 17 Percent of High School Drink, Smoke, Use Drugs During The School Day. This article is from an online search. It is available in the Huffpost Educational newsletter dated 23rd August, 2012. It is a descriptive article, shedding more light on the issue of drug abuse among the high school students in the United States. The information contained in the article is in the form of elaborated statistics from actual studies or researches by credible associations and organizations. The author of this article uses the statistics on drug abuse among the school teens to evoke sympathy for the situation. By using numerical...

...Empathy in Interpersonal Communication Empathy is the sentiment that individuals or materials stimulate within our thoughts. It is reflected when the realization of “I and you” changes to “I am you.” It needs a definite assimilation between the spectator and the object or person that is being observed. It brings a sensation of being a part of the object or individual being contemplated, not as a mere object or stranger. Empathy differs from sympathy since it involves compassion as an external force of reaching out instead of reaching in. Ioannidou and Konstantikaki (2008) posited: Empathy and confidence are the basis on which any effective relationship, understanding and communication... The Value of...

...Empathy On a Saturday afternoon, I went to visit a colleague in the nearby grocery store where she has been working for almost a year now. Back then, my friend had a serious problem about her husband who was at that time having an extra marital affair. At first, I had no clue on what is going on until she started asking awkward questions such as “Would you personally consider yourself having a relationship with a married man and has a child?” Even though I find her question a bit offending, I still managed to give her a more positive outlook in life. In the process of feeling and understanding what she was feeling, it was so much easier for me to help her go through the...

...Empathy. Hoffman (2010) calls it ‘a compassionate response that may be more appropriate to another individual’s situation than to one’s own’. When experienceing empathy, people are able to recognize experiences of others and provide emotional responses that mirror those of the person observed. Empathy is experienced through feelings like compassion, sympathy, concern and tenderness (Hoffman, 2010). Empathy also... ? Effect of Value on Empathy and Prosocial Behavior The study was conducted to examine the effect that value attributed to an ostracized target has on the experience of empathy for that individual and on the prosocial behavior shown. A sample of 371 students was exposed to one of two conditions ...

...Empathy in Teaching Culturally Diverse Students- Gretchen McAllister and Jacqueline Jordan Irvine This study demonstrates the experience and beliefs of 34 practicing teachers on the role of empathy as a toll to effectively handle the students of varied cultures and background. The study documents that "all of these teachers had participated in a multicultural professional development program geared to fostering culturally responsive practice and through a content analysis of more than 125 documents, three themes in teachers... A Study on the Importance of Teaching Empathy in Hong Kong Schools Background of the Study One of the crucial problems faced by educational institutions and academic...

...Empathy Management- Empathy Introduction I am pro-choice and sincerely feel that abortion is a suitable and legitimate healthcare option which all women should be allowed to access safely without stigma or shame. Women should not be coerced to observe the opinions of others or make decisions based on them. There is no existing circumstance that should be used to compel women to do what they do not wish to do. Whether a woman is extremely poor and does not have the means to care for another child, or is extremely wealthy and merely does not wish to be inconvenienced, the decision to abort or keep a pregnancy should be left to her. In modern society, the Child Protection Services can... Management –...

...empathy Empathy is the capa to understand and be part of another person’s emotions. I have learnt, from the course materials, that empathy is an involuntary process that concordance mediates. When concordance exist between the person and another who is experiencing a situation, the observer is likely to empathize than if concordance does not exist. I learnt from activity one that by feeling an object, I can easily identify it is the object is common to my routine applications. I also learnt, from activity two, that with focus on a person, peer is likely to emulate the person’s actions such as taking food from a plate into the mouth or playing... in my friend’s bag is because of a reflexive...

...empathy sympathy and compassion continually crop up (Davidson & Williams, 2009). Notably, and to most scholars the use of these concepts has been continually interchanged with one used in place of the other. In light of this confusion and in a desire to understand and distinguish the concepts we consider defining these terms critical. Based on the Oxford English Dictionary, empathy is defined as ‘the power of projecting one’s personality into the object of contemplation’ a further definition is provided by Olsen (1991) who cites empathy as the ‘affective cognitive experience... ? Concept Analysis-Compassion Instituition: Background The extremity of nature is largely looked at from the economic or social...

...Empathy Empathy is the ability to recognize the feelings and emotions experienced by other people. One must exhibit certain level of empathy prior to experiencing the sympathy or compassion. The word “empathy” was derived from a German word “Einfuhlungsvermogen... ? SCHOOL Professional Behavior in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Andrew Stroud Submitted to ABC December, 2013 Eleven Points of Professional Behavior 1. Integrity The word integrity is derived from Latin word “integer” which means whole or complete suggesting deriving the qualities of honesty and consistency from its deeper sense of wholeness. The most important attribute possessed by paramedics is integrity. According to Killinger (2010),...

...Sympathy for the Monster Throughout Frankenstein our sympathies are with the creature not the creator.’ Show how far you agree, or disagree, with the above statement. Frankenstein is the masterwork of Mary Shelly and the magnum opus which makes it unlikely that the literary world will ever forget her name. However, it is a lot more than a gothic novel since as noted by Oates (1984), “it is a unique blending of Gothic, fabulist, allegorical and philosophical materials (Oates, 1984, Pg. 543)”. Undoubtedly, the first element of being Gothic makes it an essential part of Gothic literature since it becomes the story of a man and a monster as much as it is a...

...Sympathy for Macbeth Every day, choices are made that define who an individual is. Some decisions allow the person to grow, while others destroy the ethics they have worked so hard to achieve. Family, friends, and acquaintances influence the choices people make. Some of these factors manipulate how truth is perceived. When wrong decisions are made, it is easy to understand and sympathize with these actions. In Shakespeares tragedy, Macbeth, the protagonist creates an uncertain emotional reaction. Macbeths character and morality, in combination with the plays stress on fate, confuse Macbeths description and arouse pity from the reader. Despite his... Jennifer Johnstone Ms. Reesor ENG3U 20 November...

...sympathy for something is not the same as having empathy. Someone who is empathic can realize that others... Sympathy in Literature: Akin to Monsters Not all life is fair, and literature is the first to address this. Rather it is socioeconomic status, war, or appearance to others there has always been structures and castes that individual fall into. This may be a natural placement or one by force. Authors have seemingly been on the forefront of exposing what many see but few talk about. These authors have gone one of two ways with differences surrounding them; either it be that the differences separate us from each other, or the collective differences are what brings us together. When reviewing...

...Empathy in Life I believe in empathy. I believe that showing empathy to others can bring happiness and restore peace in this broken world. I was brought up in a Christian family where my parents ensured that we said the grace before every meal and it was mandatory to attend church service every Sunday. My parents had adopted my grandparents’ culture since they were also devoted Christians. Every time we visited our grandparents for a family gathering, they used to emphasize on compassion and empathy. They said that God was working in every individual who showed love and empathy towards others. My parents...

...Sympathy Introducing Grete Samsa and Gregor Samsa in the Novel, “The Metamorphosis” By Franz Kafka Gregor Samsais the main character in the novel and works as a traveling salesman to provide the daily bread his sister Grete Samsa and his parents. Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning to find himself transformed into a giant bug (Johnston 1). The metamorphosis changed Gregor Samsa physically making him ugly, deformed, and isolated him from his family and the entire society. Indeed, he was unable to work again and his family had to start supporting him and working again. Notably, Gregor's father hates him, beats him, throws apples at him, and reprimands him to his room. Nevertheless, Gregor... The Limits of...

...empathy project-- Chang Rae Lees Novel, A Gesture Life-- an imaginary conversation between yourself and that author. That was a chance meeting with Chang-rae Lee at the Amsterdam Airport. I was on way to Houston to be with my son for a short holiday and I saw Chang-lee in the Traveler’s Lounge, all alone engrossed in reading a book. The break in journey was for about two hours, and he too was going to Houston to attend a seminar on “Cross-Cultural Issues with Authors who were not Native-Americans.” At my request he was most willing to accede to my request to discuss about his novel, “A Gesture Life.” “Let me be frank, I am neither... Essay, English Literature ic and Modern) Topic: The deep...

...Empathy: Another Point of View “We must be effective members of the Joint team. We need to think of our Army as an expeditionary force. We need to encourage innovation and increase resiliency” (Army FM 6-22). This quotation is indeed the foundation of the deeper significance of being and belonging into an Army. As a team, you don’t work individually but as a group geared towards one goal and working within the realms of one mission. When counseling subordinates Army leaders must make sure that the following actions are to be taken into consideration. Aside from explaining the reason for the counseling and how the subordinate failed to meet standards, the Army leader must...

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 One went to a McDonald’s store near a school at around five in the afternoon. One decided to sit at the back of a couple, a boy and a girl. The boy seems to be courting the girl. They were college students who one thinks just came from school and were on a date. One decided to observe this couple because they were oblivious to the crowd inside the restaurant. One thought it would be interesting to mimic how the girl was reacting towards the actuations of the boy. One observed the girl seems so conscious while the boy was looking at her directly in the eye. Her head was usually bowed down towards her food. She would often touch her hair and put it at the back of her... Mirror Neurons and...

...Empathy Cognitive process such as thinking, perception, decision-making, problem-solving and judgment all happen in the brain and the state of mind of a person at that time significantly influences their outcome. Feelings expressed as empathy are controlled by the brain within the Central Nervous System (Coplan and Goldie, 177-8). Empathy is the ability to feel as another person by psychologically entering into their situations. In order to determine if empathy is a natural reflex or not and if it can be acquired, a simple experimental exercise has been done to explore the relationship between the state of mind and empathy. One salient observation that comes out... is the variability of...

...empathy necessarily coming from the recipient – it seems to believe that it has to enter into a polemic in order to convince the recipient of anything. The main difference between the two letters thus seems to be the expectation of sympathy or empathy from the recipient. Brainstorming Croudsourcing versus professionals – can a group of amateurs really do a job as well as a small number of paid people? Diffusion of responsibility for reporting: good or bad? Great connections via the internet versus greater narcissism – does Web 2.0 cause people to integrate more with each other or simply see each other as extensions of one’s self, and become self involved?... Prof’s Letter Analysis It is interesting...

...Analysis An Analysis of the Concept of ‘Caring’ Background The term ‘caring’ denotes a sentiment or showing empathy and a caring manner. In the field of social welfare, ‘caring’ relates to specialized social or medical nursing care or to the practice of providing medical or social care. The popularity of the concept of ‘caring’ can be verified by its numerous applications and meanings. We stumble on several medical practitioners referring to themselves health care providers, with general practitioners calling themselves primary care professionals. Nurses view their task as a caring one. Nursing homes pride themselves on their caring staff. However, the concept of ‘caring... Running Head: Concept...

...Empathy and Moral Deficiency in Psychopaths Introduction This paper is an analytical discussion on psychopathy, drawn from five recent studies on this field of abnormal psychology. As an overview, the studies in this field are so many and varied given the years in which abnormal psychology has been the object of theory and practice in the science of psychology. This paper has therefore focused on recent studies that may draw light on the limited issue of the correlation between psychopathy and human knowing-and-feeling. In the five studies selected by this paper, human knowing-and-feeling are more technically identified as cognitive and emotional or affective empathy. In general, the focus... ...

...analysis, both authors successfully incite empathy for their protagonists and sympathy for their supposed antagonists. In so doing, they bring the hidden forces which govern relations to the forefront and, in so doing, sound a wake-up call regarding the importance of understanding and the potentially disastrous consequences of misunderstanding. These consequences are cross-economic and cross-racial tensions.... A short story may not, necessarily be exciting or even entertaining but, if it is successful, it will capture the attention of the reader for as longas it lasts and, more importantly, provoke him/her to consider the underlying meaning of that which they have just read. In brief, they draw...

...analysis, both authors successfully incite empathy for their protagonists and sympathy for their supposed antagonists. In so doing, they bring the hidden forces which govern relations to the forefront and, in so doing, sound a wake-up call regarding the importance of understanding and the potentially disastrous consequences of misunderstanding. These consequences are cross-economic and cross-racial tensions.... A short story may not, necessarily be exciting or even entertaining but, if it is successful, it will capture the attention of the reader for as longas it lasts and, more importantly, provoke him/her to consider the underlying meaning of that which they have just read. In brief, they draw...

...empathy as a “super-ordinate category that includes all sub-classes of phenomena that share the same mechanism. This includes emotional contagion, sympathy, cognitive empathy, helping behavior, etc.” (p. 4). Blair (2005) argues that the term “empathy” encompasses different dissociable neurocognitive processes. He identifies three main divisions: cognitive, motor, and emotional empathy. The term affective empathy can be described as the ability to perceive accurately and understand emotionally how another person is feeling. According to Blair (2005) accurate perception of another’s feelings is sufficient to satisfy the definition of emotional empathy; however, accurate perception... RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN...