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What is empathy?
What is empathy?
- A process that involves ignoring another person's perspective and emotions.
- A process that involves understanding another person's perspective and emotions. (correct)
- A process that involves forcing another person to see things from our perspective
- A process that involves criticizing another person's perspective and emotions.
How can empathy be developed?
How can empathy be developed?
- By focusing only on our own concerns and ignoring others'.
- By avoiding interactions with people outside our circle
- By observing others and focusing on their state of being. (correct)
- By expressing our own concerns and ignoring others'.
What are some benefits of empathy?
What are some benefits of empathy?
- It limits our understanding of the human experience
- It does not require any effort or practice to develop.
- It helps challenge prejudice and find commonality. (correct)
- It encourages us to label people outside our circle as the other or the enemy.
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- Empathy is important for personal development, relationships, and society.
- It involves actively trying to understand another person's perspective and emotions.
- The brain has areas and systems that assist in the empathic process.
- Observing others and focusing on their state of being can help develop empathy.
- Active listening and asking follow-up questions can also enhance empathy.
- Empathy is a two-way street that involves expressing our own concerns and understanding others'.
- It helps challenge prejudice, find commonality, and expand our moral universe.
- Without empathy, we may label people outside our circle as the other or the enemy.
- The human experience is a shared experience, and we have much in common.
- Empathy is a skill that can be developed through practice.
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