...rapes, and so many other dreadful things. These calamitous occurrences are becoming a part of our daily routine. We may stop to read the newspaper or watch that news segment for a few moments to learn what happened, but we do not take the time to empathize what happened to that person or an entire country. As Bloom had stated, “But empathy will have to yield to reasons if humanity is to have a future” (Bloom), this statement has to muster up some sort of emotion...
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...Even the best nurses, however, can learn tools for improving their empathy. In fact, most people who score high on assessments in the area of empathy often have no idea what they do; they just know that they like people, they enjoy working with and helping people, and they value people as individuals. In a recent presentation to healthcare professionals on empathy in New York City, the audience concurred that healthcare professionals do exhibit empathy most of the time - to their patients. When asked about the use of empathy with colleagues or with family or even with themselves, the audience seemed pretty certain they could do a better job. What is Empathy? Empathy is the ability to put oneself in the shoes of another person. The positive psychology definition is: The quality of feeling and understanding another person's situation in the present moment -- their perspectives, emotions, actions (reactions) -- and communicating this to the person. So you know what they are feeling, or at least you suspect you know what they are experiencing, and you communicate that to elicit further discussion or clarification. Empathy is an Emotional Intelligence (EI) competency. In the field of Emotional Intelligence, there are four clusters of competencies and eighteen competencies. The four clusters are: - Self-Awareness - Self-Management - Social Awareness - Relationship Management Empathy falls under Social Awareness. This skill reflects a person's ability to connect with...
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...Is it good for 7th graders to read and learn about cerebral palsy. melody can't speak and can not move. She is almost 11 and still hasn't spoken a word.I believe that seventh graders should read Out Of My Mind because it teaches them several lessons about to feel empathy for others,to be kind and be grateful for what you have. I believe that 7th grader should read Out Of My Mind because it demonstrates several examples of empathy for others. Empathy is very important,especially for middle schoolers.Feeling empathy is when someone puts there self in your position. For example teachers and parents always put their self in your position , like if you are having a problem in a subject. Empathy is mostly happens in Out Of My Mind when melody's mom defends her against Mr.Dimming.What happens is that The Wiz Kids were suppose to have a flight and melody wasn't there.The Wiz Kids left earlier on purpose to leave melody . Mr.Dimmings insults melody and says that Melody was the smartest kid on the team.He said the key word was “was”. Melody's mom yells at him and hangs up. Melody's mom put herself in melody's position. When I read Out Of My Mind I saw many examples of empathy towards melody. Another reason where this book shows empathy is when melody puts herself in her moms and dads position. Mom accidently runs over penny.It is some what both of the...
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...COMMUNICATION – EMPATHY & ACTIVE LISTENING WEEK 8 1 EMPATHY - CONFLICT RESOLUTION 2 EMPATHY “Feeling into”, seeing how it is through another's eyes Experiencing the feelings of another without losing ones own identity 3 EMPATHY The emphatic person senses the other person’s bewilderment, anger, fear or love “as if” it were his own feeling, but he does not lose the “as if” nature of his own involvement. ~ Robert Bolton, People Skills, 1987 4 EMPATHY Some of the things that help you to feel empathy towards another person: Trust Attentiveness Appropriate Responses Shared Experiences Respect Support 5 EMPATHY Some of the things that make it difficult to feel empathy towards another person: Inattentiveness Lack of interest Lack of respect 6 EMPATHY Key elements of using empathy: Separate our responses from those of the person we are empathizing; Retain objectivity and distance; Be alert to cues about feelings offered to us by the other person; & Communicate to people our feeling for them and our understanding of their situations 7 EMPATHY Some things a person can do to help in the communication process: Stop talking! Remember if you are talking, you are not listening Ask questions Using “mms” and “ahs” to encourage them Maintain good eye contact Display attentive and welcoming body language 8 EMPATHY Some things a person can do to shut...
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...The Robot is More Human than You: Defining Humanity in Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? As humans, we seem to be inordinately proud of our humanity. We tout that we are the smartest animals (ignoring the fact that we are still animals). We go around boasting that nothing else has the same level of intelligence as we do, that nothing is quite as human as we are. And, as far as we know, we aren’t lying to ourselves. Yet. But what about in the future, when we create something that does contest our humanness? Philip K. Dick explores this idea in his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? The novel’s presentation of Mercerism, a fictional religion, and its unrealistically physical version of empathy suggests that using empathy to define...
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...The benefit of reading is to learn from the character in the book.This is shown in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, “Reading and literature makes us smarter and nicer” by Annie Murphy Paul and Shami Sivasubramanian 2016 article, “Study Finds Reading Fiction Develops Empathy”. Harper Lee teaches us about prejudice, family and fear, through the eyes of the characters in the book. Firstly Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to a land of prejudice known as 1930’s Alabama. This teaches us how bad prejudice was back then and how much it has improved. “He despises Negroes, wont have one near him” is an example of prejudice. Atticus tells us that “there’s something in our world that make men lose their heads, they couldn’t be fair...
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...Week 4 Discussion 1 Define empathy and explain why it is important for effective communication. Empathy is the ability to see the world as another person, to share and understand another person’s feelings, needs, concerns and/or emotional state. Empathy is a selfless act that enables us to learn more about people and relationships with people it is a desirable skill beneficial to ourselves, others and society. Phrases such as ‘being in your shoes’ and ‘soul mates’ imply empathy. Empathy is important for effective communication due to the following reasons: You will be more likely to treat the people you care about the way they wish you would treat them. You will better understand the needs of people around you. You will more clearly understand the perception you create in others with your words and actions. You will understand the unspoken parts of your communication with others. You will better understand the needs of your customers at work. You will have less trouble dealing with interpersonal conflict both at home and at work. You will be able to more accurately predict the actions and reactions of people you interact with. You will learn how to motivate the people around you. You will more effectively convince others of your point of view. You will experience the world in higher resolution as you perceive through not only your perspective but the perspectives of those around you. You will find it easier to deal with the negativity of others if you...
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...In the sci-fi story “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep”, author Philip K. Dick introduces to his readers a futuristic religion based around a very common human emotion, empathy. Empathy plays the biggest role in the book through the global religion known in the novel as Mercerism. The practice of Mercerism centers on a piece of technology known as the empathy box. Users of the empathy box will take this technology by it handles which in turn infuses them into a type of physiological virtual experience. One of the experiences showcases the struggles of a mysterious man named Mercer and his journey up a mountain. Mercer’s journey up the mountain is met with hardship as unidentified bystanders would toss rocks at him as he attempts to ascend to his destination. Mercer would repeatedly fall to the bottom of the mountain but resume to the repeat process of reaching the top. Characters in the book also experience acts of enlightenment with Mercer where they are taught or told something by him that builds their character in the real world. Towards the end of the story, character Rick Deckard seems to have reached a point of enlightenment when he was able to experience the fusion with mercer in the real world without the use of the empathy box. It was then when Rick realized that Mercerism wasn’t just a false religion meant to mind trick people into becoming subordinates. The interesting thing about the empathy box is that not only are you watching this tragedy of Mercer unfold in front...
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...Running Head: EMPATHY AND SOCIAL LEARNING Developing Empathy: Nurturing Through Social Learning Abstract This paper explores the Social Learning Theory and how prosocial behavior, specifically empathy, is cultured through observation, modeling and imitation. Empathy is defined through a review of Bandura’s Bobo Doll experiment, Jeremy Sloan’s article on developing empathy and the impact it has on animals in our world, and an assessment of empathy in future criminal justice professionals. All provide evidence and data to support the finding that adults have lasting influence on children and how ones behavior is formed. Empathy is a vital trait and it’s a primary requisite for successfully managing daily experiences. Key words: Empathy, Modeling, Social Learning, and Development Introduction The development of empathy allows us the innate ability to relate to another’s experiences, motives and feelings. It is the foundation of compassion and caring, and is monumental in many of life’s challenges and successes. It is what allows us to learn from others and become responsible, caring adults. Many significant professions require empathy: medical care, fire rescue, education, criminal justice, and most importantly parenting. Tragic events such as slavery and the Holocaust illuminate the significance of empathy, it’s part in humankind’s wellbeing, and how requisite it is to encourage healthy development of the trait (Sajo, 2011). It is therefore of utmost...
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...In essence, empathy is defined as “the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.” During the course of the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, the recurring lesson of empathy is learned through the experiences of characters, good and bad alike. Most specifically, Jean Louise (“Scout”) Finch embarks on a journey throughout the story in which she gains the ability to do just this. Living in the 1930’s town of Maycomb, she witnesses the harsh racism towards those of color, and experiences other strict societal norms that the time period entails, such as gender roles, which she doesn’t seem to abide by. As a risk-taking child, growing up under the influence of her older brother Jem, the two children attempt a fairly...
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...2014 Question 1: Did the results surprise you? Why or why not? After answering the questionnaire, my marks for the five basic dimension of EI are as follows: self –awareness (9 marks), self –management (7 marks), self –motivation (10 marks), empathy (6 marks), and social skills (7 marks). I am not surprised of the result because I am aware that my emotional intelligence score will neither be too high nor too low. My total mark is 39. I am a very self-aware person, I know my feelings very much and I always motivate myself when I am not happy. For example, when I feel down, I will always remind myself of motivational religious quote. And also I know which area I am good in and I am very confident of myself. I am aware that I am a fast learner and this is a benefit for me whether I am studying or working. My self-management is at an average level, I am good in managing my emotions and mood as I bounce back quickly when facing hardships in life. But, in the term of managing my own time and body, I might not be very good, as sometimes I tend to procrastinate and I did not take good care of my body, for example I didn’t sleep on time and eat unhealthy food. Next, I am also very good at self-motivation. When I am sad I will motivate myself. Furthermore, if I want something, I am very persistent of getting it and I will be very impatient if I have not got it. For example, if I want to buy something, I will find ways to save and earn money to get it. Besides that...
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...In Anna Smith’s Letters to a Young Artist and Chaim Potok’s “Zebra”, there is one main question - do artist need knowledge and empathy to create great art? Art can be anything from football to music, or from dancing to painting. These two stories show how when empathy and knowledge are provided for a person, their art comes out greater than before. Knowledge is the information acquired by someone through education or experience. Most people think that knowledge is knowing facts, but really knowledge is so much more. In Letters to a Young Artist, the author states that the “...fundamental to becoming an artist is understanding the position of an artist…” which leads “...to develop the eye, the ear, [and] the heart.” (Smith). The author is...
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... Most people that that Victor was stupid and would not be able to learn anything. He did not know empathy or language but was able to learn a little about empathy. With love, kindness, and patient the doctor’s maid was able to teach him empathy. All Victor...
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...Workshop Content facilitation hr Introduction: Through this semester we have been successfully deliver 8 emotional intelligence workshop presentations. In this page, I will analyze learning goals form each workshop and how to apply these learning outcomes in to HRM and HR course in the future. Team Sydney: Techniques for Internal Motivation: How This Can Lead to Achievement for Individuals and Businesses In terms of Content, team Sydney has focus on motivation and goal setting in their workshop and also they provide variety tools help participants to measure motivation in the future. Personally, I found that the overall of motivation workshop is pretty helpful. First I have learned how to set a smart goal and also how to maintain it. Second, I have learned some useful toolkit such as 360-degree feedback, S.M.A.R.T, H.A.R.D, and self-regulation. S-M-A-R-T and H-A-R-D I have learn S-M-A-R-T goal before, but H-A-R-D was a new concept for me. S-M-A-R-T goal means goal setting should comply with principle of specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-base (Taylor 2011). We will benefit form applying S-M-A-R-T goal to our HR course learning and HR profession, because S-M-A-R-T goal narrow down scope and enhance effectiveness of goal. When it comes to H-A-R-D, namely heartfelt, animated, required and difficult (Mind Tools, n.d.). Combining these two strategies allow us to maintain goals and also easily to measure it. As HRM Perspective Form perspective of...
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...When I was a child, I had to wear cultural clothing for an event at my local Hindu temple. As I was putting the clothes on, I was very worried that others would judge me for embracing my religion in public. My mother noticed my anxiousness and reassured me that people in the community accept people for who they are and that nothing would happen. I nodded in agreement, hopeful that the day will be good while wearing traditional Indian clothing. Going to the temple, all was fine, since no one had commented on what I was wearing. However, on our way back from the cultural event, things were different. We had stopped by a grocery store and that is where I became exposed to the lack of tolerance in people. As my family and I walked in, people stopped...
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