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What is empathy?
Acting in a kind way towards others
Feeling sorry for another person
Understanding and sharing the feelings of another person.
Generosity
The four empathy subskills are
Listen, understand, trust, share
Pause, listen, identify emotions, connect
Pause, speak, explain, listen
Speak, hear, summarise, predict
When we pause we
withhold judgement
stop listening
ignore others
make a decision about how the other person is feeling
We should listen to
pretend that we care about someone
prepare for what we want to say
respond rather than listening to understand
understand rather than listening to respond
To understand what someone else is feeling we should
think about how we are feeling
look at their verbal and non-verbal actions, words and expressions
look at their face and hands
expect that they would feel the same way we would in a particular situation
Can you connect with someone if you hold different views to them?
no, there is no point in trying
yes, by trying to understand why they feel the way they do
only if you can convince them that your view is right
only if you can win an argument with them
The following is a list of emotions
frown, smile, clap
shouting, crying, smiling
clever, funny, loud
anxious, determined, concerned
Miguel's parents tried to stop him playing the guitar because
they were worried about his future
they wanted to control him
they didn't like the way he played
they were mean
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