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Part of [[Project Lirec]]: Notes from " | Part of [[Project Lirec]]: Notes from " | ||
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+ | =====Types of Empathy===== | ||
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+ | * Cognitive empathy - an understanding of other' | ||
+ | * Affective empathy - includes the emotional reaction to other' | ||
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+ | ====Emotional Contagion==== | ||
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+ | Affective empathy can come from cognitive empathy, but can also come from direct transfer of emotions - " | ||
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+ | Emotional contagion may result in different immediate responses in more complex situations, such as ' | ||
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+ | ====Empathic processes===== | ||
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+ | The separation of empathy into cognition and it's results are important because the outcomes can also be seen as the result of other processes. | ||
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+ | ====Non-cognitive processes==== | ||
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+ | * Pre-verbal links | ||
+ | * Early in life - babies cry in presence of other crying babies. | ||
+ | * Motor mimicry, simply following other' | ||
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+ | ====Simple cognitive processes==== | ||
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+ | * ' | ||
+ | * Internal labeling of situations with appropriate responses. | ||
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+ | ====Advanced cognitive processes==== | ||
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+ | * Language understanding (even alone, in situations like engaging with characters in a book) | ||
+ | * 'Role taking' | ||
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+ | All these can operate simultaneously. | ||
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+ | ====Intrapersonal outcomes==== | ||
+ | * Internal changes, expressed or not | ||
+ | * Affective outcomes | ||
+ | * Parallel - same emotion, motor mimicry | ||
+ | * Reactive - merge own with other' | ||
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+ | Accuracy of understanding is determined by: | ||
+ | * Similarity and familiarity with subject | ||
+ | * Difference between explaining your own behaviours and others (tend to be situational forces vs personality characteristics) | ||
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+ | ====Interpersonal outcomes==== | ||
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+ | Changes in behavior resulting from empathic processes: | ||
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+ | * Helping | ||
+ | * Aggression | ||
+ | * Social behavior | ||
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=====OCC Theory (used for FAtiMA)===== | =====OCC Theory (used for FAtiMA)===== |