empathy

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what is empathy titchner

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empathy as a concept- subjective, intangible, hypothetical construct

Question 2

theory theorists

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using intuitive theories about others to infer internals states using simple observation

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simulation theorists

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imagine and infer from own experience , our body stimulates someone else internal state

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perception action model of empathy

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observer has access to subjective state of another though the subjects own neural bodily representations

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stimulation theory

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neural bridge is important- shared neural representation for motor behaviours and its observations has been extended into the domains of feelings and emotions

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facial expressions active

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the same brain regions that are activated by direct experiences

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cognitive empathy

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knowing another persons internal state including his or her thoughts and feelings

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facial empathy

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adopting the posture of matching the neural responses of an observed other

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affective empathy

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emotional contagion - feeling the same way as another

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aesthetic empathy

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projecting oneself into another situation

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psychological empathy

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perspective taking- imagining how another is thinking and feeling

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projective empathy

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role taking - imagining how one would think and feel in the others place

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empathic distress

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feeling distress at witnessing another persons suffering

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empathic concern

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sympathy feeling for another person person who is suffering

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biological empathy

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imitation eg yawning, stretching, nodding

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what happens when empathy is impaired

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autistic spectrum disorder- impact on social interaction restricted activities, no clear biological markers

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temporal poles

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activation in language/semantic memory tasks

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medial prefrontal cortex

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activation in all mentalising tasks, social cognition

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temporo parietal junction

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mentalsiing tasks, biological motion, agents and observable actions

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facial feedback hypothesis

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expression is intensified when signs of emotions are displaced physically

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psychopathology

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personality trait - key aspect of antisocial - lack of anxiety , socially adept and absence of empathy

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anthropomorphism

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attraction of human characteristics , animals , objects and concepts