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Empathy refers to the cognitive and emotional reaction of an individual to the observed experiences of another. It is the experience of understanding another person’s condition from their perspective; the ability to recognize, feel, and share emotions of another person or even a fictional character. Empathy involves not only understanding a person’s condition from her perspective (a cognitive process), but also to share her emotions or distress (an emotional process). Empathy can be confused with pity, sympathy, and compassion, which are all reactions to the predicament of others. The term comes from the psychologist Edward Titchner that, in 1909, translated the German word Einfühlung (‘feeling into’) as ‘empathy’. <ref name=”1”>Shamay-Tsoory, S.G. (2011). The neural bases for empathy. The Neuroscientist, 17(1): 18-24</ref> <ref name=”2”>Psychology Today. Empathy. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/empathy</ref> <ref name=”3”>Burton, N. (2014). Empathy and altruism: are they selfish? Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-and-seek/201410/empathy-and-altruism-are-they-selfish</ref> <ref name=”4”>Burton, N. (2015). Empathy vs sympathy. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-and-seek/201505/empathy-vs-sympathy</ref> | Empathy refers to the cognitive and emotional reaction of an individual to the observed experiences of another. It is the experience of understanding another person’s condition from their perspective; the ability to recognize, feel, and share emotions of another person or even a fictional character. Empathy involves not only understanding a person’s condition from her perspective (a cognitive process), but also to share her emotions or distress (an emotional process). Empathy can be confused with pity, sympathy, and compassion, which are all reactions to the predicament of others. The term comes from the psychologist Edward Titchner that, in 1909, translated the German word Einfühlung (‘feeling into’) as ‘empathy’. <ref name=”1”>Shamay-Tsoory, S.G. (2011). The neural bases for empathy. The Neuroscientist, 17(1): 18-24</ref> <ref name=”2”>Psychology Today. Empathy. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/basics/empathy</ref> <ref name=”3”>Burton, N. (2014). Empathy and altruism: are they selfish? Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-and-seek/201410/empathy-and-altruism-are-they-selfish</ref> <ref name=”4”>Burton, N. (2015). Empathy vs sympathy. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/hide-and-seek/201505/empathy-vs-sympathy</ref> | ||