Empathy Con't and wrap up

Question 1

We tend to empathize more with people that we are close to. Which of the following explanations account for this observation?

a. It’s easier to accurately simulate what someone is feeling when we know them well

b. The desire to maintain closeness motivates us to empathize with others even though it may be costly to us in some way

c. It is socially desirable to empathize more with people we are close to

d. A and B

e. All of the above

Answer 1

d. A and B

C is wrong cuz it is socially desirable to empathize with ANYBODY

Question 2

How does affective empathy impact cognitive empathy?

Answer 2

Provides information
* You’re feeling what the target is feeling
which helps you understand their experience (and why they might feel that)
* Low-level simulation

Question 3

How does cognitive empathy impact affective empathy?

Answer 3

Informs more accurate emotion sharing
* You share the correct emotion
* High-level simulation

Question 4

How does cognitive empathy impact prosocial motivation?

Answer 4

What am I helping with?
* More effective emotional support or
instrumental help

Question 5

How does affective empathy impact prosocial motivation?

Answer 5

Why should I help?
* Emotion sharing often triggers empathic
concern
* Feeling emotionally compelled to help the other person

Question 6

What happens when there is a Separation of Cognitive and Affective Empathy?

1. deficit in affective empathy, although
   not always related to changes in cognitive empath

Answer 6

Psychopathy= often conceptualized as a deficit in affective empathy, although
not always related to changes in cognitive empath

Question 7

What happens when there is a Separation of Cognitive and Affective Empathy?

2. difficulties with cognitive empathy,
   but not always related to changes in affective empath

Answer 7

Autism Spectrum Disorder = often linked to difficulties with cognitive empathy,
but not always related to changes in affective empathy

Question 8

Example of how one might experience:

High cognitive, low affective empathy

Answer 8

• Will understand partner’s emotional reaction, but not feel it themselves
• More likely to analyze feelings, rather than be emotionally connected with it
• Struggle to provide emotional support

Question 9

Example of how one might experience:

High affective, low cognitive empathy

Answer 9

• Could become overwhelmed with
  personal distress leading to withdrawing
• Could misread partner’s emotional reaction (missing the mark)