SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
CONFORMITY AND OBEDIENCE
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Question
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Feeling pity or sorrow for someone else’s misfortune
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The ability to identify with another person’s feelings
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When you’re competent to help someone
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When you’re in a good mood
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Detailed explanation-1: -Empathy is the ability to recognize, understand, and share the thoughts and feelings of another person, animal, or fictional character. Developing empathy is crucial for establishing relationships and behaving compassionately.
Detailed explanation-2: -Emotion researchers generally define empathy as the ability to sense other people’s emotions, coupled with the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling.
Detailed explanation-3: -Researchers tend to recognize at least two components of empathy: affective and cognitive. Affective (or emotional) empathy is the ability to feel what others are feeling. If your spouse is stressed and sad, you might mirror those emotions.
Detailed explanation-4: -The three types of empathy that psychologists have defined are: Cognitive, Emotional, and Compassionate. As an aside, it’s worth noting that empathy is a relatively new idea and is still being defined by social and cognitive psychologists.