...Empathy is a very important trait in people because it shows that you care about the other person. It shows that you care even if you have went through the same thing. There's also a lot of different kinds of empathy. First of all, there's different kinds of empathy. First there is effective empathy, that is where you can share the emotions of others. Then their is cognitive empathy where you understand the emotion but don’t share them. Like a psychologist who who gets the emotion in a rational way even though client tells them. Last their is emotional regulation in this you can regulate someone’s emotion like a surgeon needs to control their emotions during operating on a patient. Secondly, we need to have empathy to feel someone's emotions....
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...Study of Attitude, Empathy, and Human Uniqueness of Emotion in Animals Abstract This correlational study was conducted to determine and explore the relationships between empathy, attitudes towards animals, and beliefs about human uniqueness of emotion. This was a quasi- experimental because we studied man versus women and also pet owners versus non-pet owners. We expected to find a positive correlation between the empathy and AAS score. While also exploring the relationships between the HUES and empathy or AAS score. We predicted that women would have higher empathy and AAS scores than men as well as pet owners having higher AAS scores than non- pet owners. This study was conducted in New York, where 60 voluntary participants completed surveys. The results of the study illustrated and provided a statistically significant positive correlation between scores on the E-Scale and the AAS and a significant negative correlation between scores on the E-Scale and HUES and well as between the AAS and the HUES. There was also a significant gender difference in AAS scores with women having more positive attitudes toward animals compared to men. However, there was no significant gender difference in HUES scores. Similarly, there were significant effects of pet ownership on both E-Scale scores and on AAS scores. Specifically, pet owners had higher levels of empathy and also had more positive attitudes toward animals compared to non-pet owners. There was no significant effect of pet ownership...
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...Abstract Counselors are faced with emotional stress every day. Without proper self-care, counselors will experience empathy fatigue. Empathy fatigue is a serious condition which impairs counselors. Impaired counselors are unable to fulfill the responsibilities of their helping role. Practicing regular self-care is crucial to the well-being of the counselor and therefore, the counselee. Centering Prayer is a form of self-care. This paper will discuss literature on the topic of Centering Prayer and explore two studies on the effectiveness of Centering Prayer in relieving stress. This information will be applied to preventing empathy fatigue in counselors. Research shows that counselors suffer empathy fatigue (Stebnicki, 2007). This condition “results from a state of emotional, mental, physical, and occupational exhaustion that occurs as the counselors’ own wounds are continually revisited by their clients’ life stories of chronic illness, disability, trauma, grief and loss” (Stebnicki, 2007, p. 318). Empathy fatigue is a state of counselor impairment. Conversely, the soul of the helping relationship is wellness....
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...America is an empathy-driven society. American politicians, pastors and psychologists consistently preach the importance of empathy in creating a fair society for everyone. In “ The Baby in The Well,” an essay for the May 20, 2013 issue of The New Yorker, Canadian American Psychologist Paul Bloom makes a shocking case against empathy. He begins making his case by defining empathy, and admitting its conventional wisdom. Bloom then presents numerous situations in which empathy can mislead or has misled us. Finally, he wraps up his argument by asserting that while empathy will drive us to empathize only with someone we identify with, reasoning will ensure that we make the right decisions for the better of society and the world. Bloom achieves...
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...According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary, the definition of empathy is the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings of another without having the experiences fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner. Empathy is conducted internally; it is a mindset. When empathy is combined with action, the power of our convictions can be used to effect change around us. Atticus Finch, in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee, does this in excess. Atticus has so much empathy for others that it actually clouds his judgement. Excessive empathy leads Atticus to make excuses for other’s behaviors, and to justify their wrongdoings. Atticus also lacks confidence to stand up for what and who...
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...When reading chapter six I came across the words empathy, communication, and self-awareness. Each one of the words has a meaning behind it and they have a personal meaning for me also. Empathy means to me the ability to share feelings with others which is actually really interesting to me. My personal definition for empathy would be the ability to make conversations with others and share stories. I feel like communication is an area that I need to become more educated on due to the fact that it plays a vital role in nursing. Self-awareness means to be self conscious of everything around you and to be aware. My primary communication style would be be a mixture of assertive style and passive-aggressive style. I agree that sometimes I will...
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...Do you listen and respond in ways that a significant person in your life would perceive as empathic? I would define empathy by the words of Rogers (1975), one of the most influential American psychologists in the exploration of empathy, that it means” entering the private perceptual world of the other and becoming thoroughly at home in it” (“Empathic: An Unappreciated Way of Being,” para. 17). In my mind, in this short definition there is everything what empathy consists of. To be attentive and delicate without making judgments or expectations, to be respectful and willing to center other person’s feelings and emotions, and to put aside our own needs and concerns for a while. The listener lets the speaker know, "I understand your problem and how you are feeling about it and I am interested in what you are saying and I am not judging you." When dealing with a person who is feeling troubled empathic listening and supporting response become the most important and powerful strategies to apply. As Adler, Rodman and Sevigny (2011) say that ” in empathic listening… the goal is to build a relationship or help the speaker solve a problem… to become better acquainted with others and show them that their opinions and feelings matter to you” (p. 152). From my point of view, neither advising response nor judging response is appropriate in such sort of situations. Furthermore, they more likely make the situation worse and make a person to feel more...
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...Could Compassion be the driving force behind our moral compass? My definition of compassion is the feeling that arises when you see someone suffer, and want to help. It is more than an attitude, and also is different from empathy, which refers to the vicarious experience of another’s emotions. It also isn’t pity, because compassion doesn’t place the other as inferior to self, which pity does. Compassion encompasses a slightly broader set of states than sympathy. Is compassion a variant or blend of sadness or love? I think it can be associated with love, tenderness and caring. Compassion is stronger in the level of concern then related states such as sympathy, pity, and empathic concern, and sort of encompasses all of those, and then rises above it. Compassion can develop into enduring sentiments....
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...I. INTRODUCTION Constructive deviance is becoming increasingly important in businesses today. What some people may not know is that it can bring about positive changes. Unlike much of the literature on workplace deviance which focuses on dysfunctional behavior such as antisocial behavior and workplace aggression, constructive deviants are employees who break the rules and norms but intend to benefit the organization. These individuals can play a key role in creating an organizational change and serve as future change agents. Given the increasing discussion on health care reforms, this paper explores the factors that relate to constructive deviance among physicians. Finally, practical implications and future research directions are discussed. II. Introduction Workplace deviance has generally been used to describe the following behaviors: antisocial behavior (Giacalone & Greenberg, 1997), workplace aggression (O’Leary-Kelly, Griffin & Glew, 1996), organizational retaliation (Skarlicki & Folger, 1997), and employee deviance (Robinson & Bennett, 1995). Although previous research has increased our understanding of the harmful effects of deviance within organizations, little research has examined the positive aspects of deviance. Constructive workplace deviance encompasses behaviors that violate significant organizational norms in order to contribute to the well-being of the organization (Galperin, 2003). Constructive deviance is becoming increasingly...
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...Development Chapter V: Emotional Attributes of Personality Chapter Content: A. Kinds of Emotions B. Classifications of Emotions C. Handling Hurt, Anger and Temper D. Keys to Control Emotions Introduction: Have you ever felt angry that causes you to throw anything that you r hands can grab on? How about crying your heart for too much sorrow? Have you experienced your heart jumping for too much happiness? Today are you feeling bored? Excited? Scared? Happy? Emotions can lead to a lot of reactions and behavior. It could also unintentionally lead to a great achievement. Look at the Taj Mahal, because of the great love of a Mughal emperor, as a sign of eternal love, a great infrastructure was erected. Emotion in etymological definition is emovere, a Latin word which means “to move out’’. Emotions are subjective reactions to experience that are associated with physiological and behavioral changes. It is the feelings that generally have both physiological and cognitive elements and that influence behavior. It is also considered as the building blocks of personality. Kinds of Emotions Feelings and Emotions are powerful for human beings, and all of us experience different types of emotions. Emotions are stronger than feelings. It is closely related to motivation which is a desire to achieve a goal, combined with the energy to work towards that goal. It is concerned with the processes that describe why and how human behavior is activated and directed. While feelings...
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...people around you. Emotional intelligence also involves your perception of others: when you understand how they feel, this allows you to manage relationships more effectively. Lefty’s has been serving the same products, to the same customers for years and has been very successful doing so. Their employees are young and most not of legal age. Management has decided to make some changes to the menu which will impact many of the underage employees. Adding alcoholic beverages to the menu may cause a large percentage of employees to no longer be able to continue with their current position with the company. The news may stir up many emotions in the staff, even some emotions that staff might not be so proud of. As a good manager one must have empathy, which is “the ability to identify with and understand the wants, needs, and viewpoints of those around you” (Mindtools.com, 2014). There are Four Branches of Emotional Intelligence which can be used by management to help diffuse the angry staff members. 1. Perceiving Emotions: The first step in understanding emotions is to accurately perceive them. In many cases, this might involve understanding nonverbal signals such as body language and facial expressions. 2. Reasoning with Emotions: The next step involves using emotions to promote thinking and cognitive activity. Emotions help prioritize what we pay attention and react to; we respond emotionally to things that garner our attention. 3. Understanding Emotions: The emotions that we...
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...‘[They] took the whore for first-aid treatment’ are the character Hussain Kirha’s last words about Hamida, which depicts the dismissiveness and aversion by which several of the novel’s characters view Hamida at the novel’s end. One therefore asks: Is this how Mahfouz wants his readers to view Hamida at the novel’s end? Despite the greedy ambition that characterises the pretty alley girl who resents the restricted life that her Midaq Alley environment has to offer her, this essay seeks to show that although Mahfouz offers an off-putting representation of Hamida, it is still possible that she deserves our sympathy as much as our disapproval. In Chapter 5 we witness Hamida’ s daily promenade from Sanadiqiya to Mousky Street where the alley women’s hatred of Hamida is revealed in their conviction that she is ‘wild and totally lacking in the virtues of femininity. Mahfouz’s language depicts the women’s perception of Hamida’s behaviour. The adjective ‘unusual’ denotes Hamida’s singular attitude regarding how she wishes to lead her life, while the adjective ‘wild’ and the adverb ‘totally’ hyperbolise Hamida’s rebellious behaviour. One of the alley women even hoped ‘to God to see her a mother too, suckling children under the care of a tyrannical husband who beat her unmercifully! ‘ The adjective ‘tyrannical’ and the adverb ‘unmercifully’ emphatically outline the cruelly confined future that awaits Hamida should she remain in the alley, and convey how the alley women wish for Hamida...
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...Furthermore we watched the DVD and it shown example of bad communication and how it can be so devastating and affect the patients negatively if they don't get the enough information about their illness and treatment. The Nurses and Midwifery Council (2008) recommend is very essential that the nurses are able to give patients, information, advice and a guideline about what is going on. Furthermore if patients are given enough information it will empower them as it reduces their concerns about the illness. We also discussed in small groups the definition of stereotype, prejudice discrimination and how they are connection between these words. Moreover in the group discussion we discussed how can easy lead to other, for instance, is very easy to certain group to be stereotype which can results poor care to their patients which leads be prejudice and then into discrimination. Therefore The Equality Act (2010) is law to protect people and is against the law to discriminate. http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/equalities/equality-act-publications/equality-act-guidance/individual-rights1?view=Binary access date on 5/2/13 I found watching the DVD beneficial as well touching. I felt that my self-awareness and communication skills already improved. It clearly highlights what patients really feel and want from the nurses. For example I have learnt that effective communication skills such as active listening, the right facial expressions and explaining what is going on will make...
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...ROGERS AND GLORIA’S INTERVIEW The Self Concept theory refers to the “picture” which individuals have of themselves and how much worth or value they attach to that “picture”. People often have a very specific view of themselves and they judge, punish or praise themselves, based on that certain view. Rogers portrays this view of one’s self concept as one’s conscious experience of himself or herself. In the interview of Rogers and Gloria, Gloria sees herself as dishonest and inadequate. She feels that her sexual desires, as a women, makes her devilish and she feels that nobody will accept her if she shows her Real Self to them. Gloria has a certain picture of herself; the person she wants to be and even more importantly, the person she wants people to see her as. Rogers defines this phenomenon as the ideal self, the person the individual would most like to be. Gloria wants to gain the acceptance of her daughter and her father. This signals Gloria’s strong need for positive regard and even more importantly, her strong need for positive self-regard. She wants to feel loved and accepted for the person she really is, but is too afraid to show. Positive self-regard refers to the acceptance of one’s self for which you are, unconditional acceptance, without any doubt. For Gloria to gain positive self-regard, she needs to accept herself, even her “devilish” sexual desires and her fear of being unaccepted. In the interview Gloria shows incongruence. She projects her fear of not...
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...The monster is revealed as a character of surprising depth and sensitivity. All alone by himself, we realize the monster was as innocent as and defenseless as a baby. He has been suffering with the trials he has faced during his time alone, being hungry, cold, and no shelter. He experiences the world as a kid would, not know anything about it. He had to learn by himself how to find food, make fire, and how to make shelter from the cold or rain. A the monster explains his tale, he sounds surprisingly gentle and peaceful. He did not sound like a true monster would sound. The terrible though is that, every encounter with humanity; he has been met with horror and disgust. The monster does not really mean any harm, but it's just his appearance which makes him such an outcast. He's an outcast and no fault on his own; he has never showed any kind of love or companionship. For this reason, sympathy comes along in the subject because of the life the monster has. He has been treated with such disgust and hatred all his tme and for no good reason. Other readers too probably start to sympathize the monster as well as you hear his story. You realize, the monster isn't really a monster, but sort of a confused child lost in the world. People though, would still treat him as an actual monster. The monster compares himself to those who have shunned him and really starts to believe that he really is a monster. He sees himself in a reflection and is shocked...
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