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Empathy

Empathy is generally described as the ability to perceive another person's perspective, to understand, feel, and possibly share and respond to their experience. However, there are other (sometimes conflicting) definitions of empathy that include but are not limited to social, cognitive, and emotional processes primarily concerned with understanding…

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Empathy

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Edges213
Triples304
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009346
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related to External links · 26
Empathy → Counseling, Dowden, Eklund JH, Ethics, February, Gross, In Fieser, Internet Encyclopedia, ISSN, LessWrong, May, Meranius MS, Notes, OCLC, Patient Education, Philosophy, PMID, Stanford Encyclopedia, Sympathy, The
related to In educational contexts · 14
Empathy → Also, Another, Carl, Despite, In, It, Learning, Other, Research, Rogers, Stanford University, Students, The Philosophy, This
related to Benefits of empathizing · 13
Empathy → Allemand, Children, Fend, In, Interpersonal Reactivity Index, IRI, Others, People, Research, Steiger, Supporting, The, They
related to Classification · 13
Empathy → Affective, Although, Cognitive, Emotion, Empathic, Fantasy, Infants, Our, Personal, Perspective-taking, Tactical, The, There
related to Psychopathy · 12
Empathy → ASPD, Diseases, DSM, ICD, International Classification, Mental Disorders, Psychopathy, Some, Statistical Manual, Studies, The, The Diagnostic
related to Business and management · 11
Empathy → Because, Care, Dev Patnaik, Harley-Davidson, He, IBM, In, Nike, Open Empathy Organizations, Such, Wired
see also · 11
Empathy → Against Empathy, Artificial, Dick's Do Androids Dream, Digital, Ecological, Electric Sheep, Life, Paul Bloom, Rational Compassion, Self-conscious, The Case
related to Etymology · 10
Empathy → Ancient Greek, Edward, Einfühlung, English, German, That, The English, The German, Theodor Lipps, Titchener
related to Ontogenetic development · 10
Empathy → According, By, Chicago, During, Even, Such, The, Their, Toddlers, University
related to Sex differences · 10
Empathy → Bosson, Both, Empathy Quotient, EQ, Gender, On, Other, SQ, Systemizing Quotient, The

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Empathyis aability to understand another's perspective or mental state0.90text
Empathyis askill that one can improve in with training0.90text
Empathyis aspontaneous sharing of affect0.90text
Empathyis acontroversial and complex area of study0.90text
Empathyis acomplex issue that has been addressed in many studies0.90text
Empathyis atopic of much dispute with contradictory findings0.90text
Empathyis askill that gradually develops throughout life0.90text
Empathyis aSkill in the 2019 game Disco Elysium0.90text
angerinstance ofMales tended to be better at recognizing specific behaviors0.80text
aggressioninstance ofMales tended to be better at recognizing specific behaviors0.80text
and threatening cuesinstance ofMales tended to be better at recognizing specific behaviors0.80text
strokeinstance ofespecially girls.Empathy may be disrupted due to brain trauma0.80text

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