Describe empathy and its development in children

What will be an ideal response?


Empathy is the ability to comprehend another's emotional state and to match that emotional state oneself. Several factors contribute: the child's own temperament, the modeling of empathy in parents and other adults. Aggression is negatively correlated with empathy.

Psychology

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a. 85 c. 105 b. 95 d. 115

Psychology

Pooled variance is the sum of the variance from two samples

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

In saying that attitudes serve a value expressive function, we mean:

a. they help us to maximize gains and minimize cost b. they enable us to make a sense of our world c. they prevent us from undue influences of values from other cultures d. they help to reinforce specific behaviours e. they enable us to demonstrate our uniqueness

Psychology

________ refers to the systematic study of individual differences in personality using methods such as psychopharmacology and neuroimaging techniques

a) Nomothetic investigations b) Personology c) Behavioral genetics d) Personality neuroscience

Psychology