SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY
GROUP BEHAVIOR
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Detailed explanation-1: -Emotional contagion relates to empathy. If someone you care about is having a hard time emotionally, you may respond by unconsciously absorbing their experience and connecting with them that way. This is just part of being human. Try to keep in mind that: you aren’t responsible for their feelings.
Detailed explanation-2: -Social contagion is the spread of an entity or influence between individuals in a population via interactions between agents. Examples are the spreading of fads, rumors and riots.
Detailed explanation-3: -Emotional contagion and empathy share similar characteristics, with the exception of the ability to differentiate between personal and pre-personal experiences, a process known as individuation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The empathetic person will recognize the person’s struggle without minimizing it. For more from Brene Brown, check out this YouTube video. Empathy is an enormous concept. Renowned psychologists Daniel Goleman and Paul Ekman have identified three components of empathy: Cognitive, Emotional and Compassionate.