...Human beings are born with the ability to sense the feelings of others. Even at a young age humans can tell when someone is happy, upset, or enraged. People are also born with the aptness to empathize for others, automatically sympathizing when someone is hurt, whether we know them or not. As people grow older, the sense of empathy for others is lost and the focus becomes more about ourselves. Solitary confinement, the “me versus them” mentality in America, the sentencing of Socrates to death show people acting in ways showing no empathy for others. So if we, as humans, are naturally empathetic, why are we so un-empathetic in our actions? In The Age of Empathy, Frans de Waal says that empathy is a trait humans are born with, but society has told us it is not one to be shown in public. “We live in an age that celebrates the cerebral and looks down upon emotions as mushy and messy” (de Waal, 7). Emotions are part of our being and how we feel, and because of this we should be expressing them and acting in ways that portray them. As humans, we long for interaction with others that gives us the opportunity to express ourselves and are not meant to live in circumstances that prohibit this, such as isolation. Though I do realize we have to have consequences for those who break the law, is this the best way in which to do so? According to afsc.org, solitary confinement has lead to visual and auditory hallucinations, hypersensitivity to noise and touch, uncontrollable feelings...
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...Empathetic Listening I will be quite honest. This assignment was hard for me on many levels. First, and foremost, not being able to connect with my partner to do the assignment. Secondly, trying to do this assignment with someone not in the class and with a man on top of that was definitely an eye opener. My husband is not one to be very empathetic. We both had a hard time staying focused on the dialog we were trying to create, one reason being my son and the other being that my husband kept taking us off topic. At any rate, to be an empathetic listener one must give the speaker their undivided attention. I failed at this. In a different situation I don’t know that I would be any better, because I am used to the environment of working while listening to a meeting or speaker etc because we are just so busy that we have to multi-task to get things done at my job currently; which could definitely be why I struggled to not multi-task for this assignment. I do feel however, that in an actual case management situation, I would not struggle to be focused on the client in an office setting. I do think I would /should definitely work on asking clarifying questions when I don’t understand something. I too often will not understand something and not ask questions to clarify. If I had been the client in this situation for real I would have been very discouraged. I would have felt like I was not heard and that my problems were not as important as whatever else that was going on. I...
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...Minerva is the most empathetic person in the time of the butterflies because. she converses deeply with others, and strives to bring out fundamental social change . As a result of minerva's good listening skills and her ambitions to change society this proves that minerva is the most empathetic character . Minerva is empathetic in many ways , this includes her respect for her dads insights and her ability to listen to him . For example in the situation she is put in when her father. When minerva finds out her father has another family with another women , she expresses her feelings by by talking to her father about it . She even crashes his truck and lets him know that she is angry but she does talk it out with him and listens to him. She really wants to know what was his reasoning minerva uses the trait that Marhsall Rosenburg stated ,...
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...Empathetic Auto glass Blow Repair How Your Windshield is Fake - A windshield or the auto glass in the frontal area of your auto or deal is not made up of an individual broadness of sham glass. It's in fact two layers of glass that are a remote place by a complete band of polyvinyl butyrate. This band of PVB fundamentally pastes and seals the two bits of glass together. This fills a few needs, conceding the a considerable measure of essential is to propel the openness of the windshield. In the blow of harm, the windshield is underneath great to break. Repair or Supplant? - If hit to auto glass happens, it's not atypical for the purchaser to anon alpha considering windshield substitution. While auto glass repair has been about for some time's,...
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...One technique I have had others help me with is empathy. The reason I feel that empathetic communication is important, is because it helps one to use an open mind. It helps the interaction to find an equal plane between the users in thought and beliefs, even if they are not shared, they can be shared during empathy's engagement (Hayes, 2002, p. 49). To use empathy effectively is to look from behind another person's eyes. I find that empathy is one of the best techniques because it causes one to step outside of their normal routine. During conversation it is a natural desire to add to the conversation and this can dilute the empathetic engagement. Besides not using our typical judgments, or personal filters, one can find out many interesting...
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...The analysis of own video is necessary to make oneself aware of his or her weakness and strengths. As part of our interpersonal communication assignment, students had to use their empathetic listening skills in their video presentation. The purpose of this video demonstration was to execute the way of empathetic listening skills and help people to make their own decisions. Attending, understanding, responding and remembering, the stages of learning styles (Adler, Rodman & Sevigny, 2011, p. 131), played an important role, where I noticed few challenges while demonstrating my empathetic skills in the video. Nonetheless, I learned many effective ways as regards how to use appropriate skills for proper circumstances. In addition, I learned that...
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...Being empathetic, unbiased, and patient are a few attributes that l posses and believe will contribute to my abilities to be helpful to others. I have experienced situations in my life that l believe have helped me grow as a person and has helped me gain certain attributes that make up who l am. By possessing these attributes, I am able to use these traits when playing a helpful role. An experience that l had, and will never forget, was the very first time l started volunteering at the New York Presbyterian Hospital. As nervous as l was my first day, l slowly found myself getting adjusted and comfortable with the patients, especially when l knew that my mission was to make sure that the patients and their family were well cared for during their stay. I became empathetic each time a patient opened up to me and explained their worries about being at the hospital. I would explain how l understood exactly how they felt, especially being in a new setting and not knowing what may be going on. Sometimes, people feel better when they know someone is listening to them and when they know they are not in a hospital room all by themselves. By being an unbiased person, l was given the opportunity to assist patients who really needed someone to stay with them. Some of the patients would be on...
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...“Empathy is generally defined as the identification with, and understanding of another person’s situation, feelings and motives”. The idea of empathy and sympathy are comparable. There are some essential differences. Sympathy would understand another person, while empathy would interconnect two people. A good author plays on the concept of empathy, originating from the Greeks “Pathos”, which had their hero decease because of a human flaw. This made the audience empathetic towards the protagonist. “What is the What” written by Dave Egger, tried to play on the same emotion of Empathy. Achak at a young age is separated from his family during the Sudanese War when Arab soldiers also known as the murahaleen savagely riad his village, Marial Bai. Fleeing on foot to Ethiopia, with other boys like him, forming “The Lost Boys”. Finally they arrive to another refugee camp in Kakuma, becoming his home. Ultimately Valentino comes to America. The story is told parallel to succeeding hardship in the United States. “What is the What” provides imaginative empathy, playing on human trauma and the ability for altruistic motives, the moral obligation to empathize with remote and disparate people. Eggers’ novel represents African culture and memoirs as a way to converse with an audience. These memoirs and representative of culture to an American audience forces a limited, bias view. Egger channels Valentino rather than embellish him. He tends to use the protagonist as a mouthpiece to provide...
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...This paper is to describe an organizational situation that I observed that demonstrated poor communication and had a neglect effect. Will also describe the organizational situation in detail. Including answers to the following questions. Factors that affect the interpersonal communication in this situation. Listening habits that negatively affects the business relationship or the bottom-line results. An explanation of the empathetic listening skills in this situation. The affect of listening habits that affected the business relationship. Empathetic listening advantages that may lend an improvement of the interpersonal communication in this situation. Propose a strategy that will deal with the situation using empathetic listening techniques. The organizational situation in detail. This situation happened in my workplace while working in a hospital as a home-health aide (HHA). The name of this hospital is the Halifax Medical Center that is in Florida. This situation happen with a supervisor for an appointed work team who showed very poor interpersonal communication with the team and did not communicate well any members of the team. He seems to complain about a little bit of everything that was always negative. Many times he would remove members of the team constantly and they would be put to do work elsewhere. The team-members work would be left undone until whatever work he wanted them to do was complete. Members of the team was not allowed to leave the floor until the assignment...
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...Scenario 1- The empathetic response would be, “It must be heartbreaking...” This response acknowledges how she feels. It allows her to open up and further elaborate on her feelings of hopelessness. As stated in our book, “Empathy is “tuning in” to what, how and why people feel and think the way they do” (pg 135). The response, “Now of course George is going to get well” does not reflect on what is being said by Mrs. Raymond. It also appears to be passing judgment, challenging her feelings on why she should feel that way. This response is just the opposite of expressing empathy, “you admit its existence without passing judgment on its validity” (pg 136). Scenario 2- The most empathetic response would be, “You seem discouraged.” This response is putting her feelings first. The response is reflecting on her feelings by starting the statement with “you”. In this response you are putting her first. “Empathetic statements usually begin with the word “you” (pg 136)....
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...good. Someone worth noticing is Leah Rasmuson. She is an eighth-grade science teacher at Amery Middle School. Leah Rasmuson deserves the Jefferson Award because she is empathetic and patient. One reason that Leah Ramuson deserves the Jefferson Award is because she is empathetic. In “5 Qualities That Make a Teacher Great” by the High School of Glasgow, it says, “Teachers who help pupils feel understood and comfortable within the classroom are more likely to achieve positive performance outcomes and ultimately, children should feel safe when sharing their...
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...In the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, Lee reveals Scout's empathetic tone toward Boo Radley through details and diction. Throughout the novel Boo protects Scout frequently(Pattern A). Toward the end of the novel(pattern B) Boo saves Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell and Boo brought them back to their house, Lee uses diction to describe Scouts tone toward Boo. “I looked from his hands to his sand-stained khaki pants; my eyes traveled up his thin frame to his torn denim shirt” (270). This quote talks about how his clothes are torn and stained. This could make someone, like Scout, feel empathetic because his clothes got ruined by protecting the kids like he has done many times before. In some cases words like “torn” and “sand-stained” might give off a negative tone but in this...
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...As I acquire knowledge, skills, and competence, I will become more confident in my role as a registered nurse. The results of this study also made me aware that nursing education may not facilitate my empathy development. To maintain an empathetic, confident attitude in the face of adversity, I must continue to engage with my community, practice nursing skills, connect with empathetic mentors, and lead a balanced lifestyle by eating and sleeping well. I will also strive to finish my readings and assignments a few days before they are due to reduce academic stress. I must continuously remind myself why I am pursuing a career in registered nursing: to promote health and to change people’s lives in Canada and around the...
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...nonverbal communication can create trust and a feeling of understanding for the speaker and this will help the conversation to continue in a positive direction. My goal for fixing this problem is to be more aware during a conversation about what my face looks like. The second area that requires improvement is being more empathetic towards other people. Personally, I have trouble understanding emotions and situations because I am not aware what it is truly like. Also, I have trouble seeing the validity of people’s emotions because I believe that I would not react with the same emotions or in the same manner. Empathy is different than sympathy in that sympathy requires feeling bad for the other person. To be empathetic towards another person, it requires more understanding of their emotions. Being empathetic requires you to be in tune with your own emotions, while being aware of other emotions simultaneously (Shankman, Allen, Haber-Curran 2015). My struggle with this can make me appear cold, at times, to other people. To be an effective leader, I need to be approachable by other people and create a safe environment for all people. My goal for being more empathetic towards others is to be more in tune with their emotions and accept that all emotions are valid. This will help me to be a leader that my colleagues can trust and be confident in. To accomplish my goals of improvement, I need to have an action plan and necessary steps. For my first goal of being more aware of my facial...
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...Ender's character in the novel “Ender’s Game” by Orson Scott constantly changes and reforms through the course of the story as he changes from being more violent and cold to then empathetic, due to the stressful and manipulative environment he is forced to thrive in. Ender is constantly thrown into frightening and stressful situations, even at a young age. Ender is forced to adapt and conquer to survive as seen when Ender beats Stilston “and kicked him again, viciously” (6) even after he was down, and later in the novel attends battle school where a child “killed himself” showcasing its extremely stressful environment as they are separated from their parents and forced to play games and Battle. These two events showcase how Ender’s character...
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