...Inside into a Killer’s Mind Psychopathy is defined as a personality disorder characterized by a lack of remorse, empathy, anxiety, and other social emotions; the use of deceit and manipulation; and impulsive thrill seeking. (Wade 383) According to the article “What ‘Psychopath’ Means”, it is stated that 25% of inmates in prison meet the criteria to be diagnosed as a psychopath. With so many criminals diagnosed as psychopaths can serial killers be classified as psychopaths and therefore “excused” for the crimes they commit? Many researchers agree that serial killers tend to lack empathy, compassion, and crave power. Serial killers have been an interesting topic throughout history. There are the infamous serial killers like Charles Manson, Ted Bundy, Jack the Ripper, etc. (Encyclopedia) According to Richard Whittington’s journal “The Serial Killer Phenomenon,” “A large number of serial killers have such characteristics in common, as being essentially a loner, experiencing difficulty with relationships, and showing, psychopathically, neither empathy, conscience, nor remorse, only arrogance.” Whittington believes that most serial killers are outsiders or “rejects”, but many serial killers display normal characteristics which is why it may come as a surprise to friends and family that their loved one is indeed a killer. If serial killers come in all shapes and sizes, than what are the common characteristics that they all seem to share? Whittington states, “the power to dominate… is the...
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...“Empathy needs no genius” (Beta, 2000-2016). In Leslie Jamison’s The Empathy Exams she makes the point of you being a good doctor does not just have to do with knowing all the medical situations, but also being able to empathize with patients. Showing empathy to a patient can help the doctor-patient or nurse-patient interaction because it will make the patient feel more like a human being. Jamison says empathy suggests “… you enter another person’s pain as you’d enter another country, through immigration and customs, border crossing by way of query: What grows where you are? What are the laws? What animals graze there?” (Jamison, 2014). The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison emphasizes how important empathy is important in healthcare workers and patient...
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...eing a human entails being kind to all living creatures whether that means humans or animals. Being a part of humanity means to be a part of the tragedies that come along with it. Every day there is some sort of catastrophic event that occurs such as, school shootings, bombings, murders, rapes, and so many other dreadful things. These calamitous occurrences are becoming a part of our daily routine. We may stop to read the newspaper or watch that news segment for a few moments to learn what happened, but we do not take the time to empathize what happened to that person or an entire country. As Bloom had stated, “But empathy will have to yield to reasons if humanity is to have a future” (Bloom), this statement has to muster up some sort of emotion...
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...America is an empathy-driven society. American politicians, pastors and psychologists consistently preach the importance of empathy in creating a fair society for everyone. In “ The Baby in The Well,” an essay for the May 20, 2013 issue of The New Yorker, Canadian American Psychologist Paul Bloom makes a shocking case against empathy. He begins making his case by defining empathy, and admitting its conventional wisdom. Bloom then presents numerous situations in which empathy can mislead or has misled us. Finally, he wraps up his argument by asserting that while empathy will drive us to empathize only with someone we identify with, reasoning will ensure that we make the right decisions for the better of society and the world. Bloom achieves...
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...Empathy is not the same as sympathy. Empathy is a way to experience an emotionally or painful situation together, helping the client to feel less alone and understood. Sympathy is a feeling sorry for a person or client’s situation. Empathy can help a person move beyond feelings of negativity and hopelessness about a situation so that they can start to focus on moving through the situation. Even though empathy can lead to too much self-disclosure, it is crucial for nurses to apply empathy towards fearful cancer patients because a better therapeutic relationship is created and the patients feel more at ease. Literature Review Arnold and Boggs define empathy as the ability to be sensitive to and communicate understanding of the client’s feelings (2011). Empathy is to understand what it is like to “walk in someone else’s shoes” or to know what it is like to understand how that person feels by going through a similar experience (Kirk, 2007). Brunero, Lamont and Coates states that empathy is the ability to understand the meaning and feelings of a person and communicate those feelings back to that person (2010). Empathy is a relationship that allows open and honest discussion about one’s feelings (Haraldsdottir, 2007). A nurse is able to show empathy by a number of ways. You can display empathy by explaining a medical procedure or test in non-medical terms so the client can understand and feel in control of...
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...terrorists as “evil” or psychologically deranged – in fact, psychologists who have studied terrorist groups have found that terrorists tend to be stable individuals, not paranoid or delusional. However, determining what drives people to terrorism is no easy task. Researchers admit that the psychology of terrorism is marked more by theory and opinion than by good science. In this paper, I will make my arguments of what makes a terrorist “tick” and what psychological factors contribute to the dangerous individual who is willing to give their life for a political and group cause. We will look at who is a terrorist and the key elements of the anger, hatred and lack of empathy. What binds terrorists to the cause and...
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...reprehensible behaviors and qualities about himself that does not fit well with what it is expected of him as a counselor as he is judgmental, shallow, defensive, and opinionated (Argosy University, 2018). A counselor displaying any form of bias, judgmental, or defensive behavior can enhance an uncomfortable environment between them and the client and potentially damage the relationship. This paper analyzes how George’s methods of dealing with others are ineffective and what effective counseling...
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...1. Page 44 – “Children who are deprived of these forms of mimicking activities show poor development in brain circuits that are involved in empathy, and they show lack of empathy in their behavior as they get older.” Not everyone who lacks empathy grew up deprived of their developmental needs, what does that suggest? Could someone be born without empathy or do you believe empathy is strictly developed? Explanation: The common thread between children who show lack of empathy as they grow older seems to be that they were deprived of something growing up; however, not all of those children were deprived of developmental needs. 2. Page 47 – “…human beings are limited agents; we are both enabled and constrained by out bodies in very significant...
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...or from other people. Generally, it emphasizes on the fact that a person knows himself or herself more than any other person. It acts like a tool or a technique for training oneself in terms of awareness, for personal development and generally how we are able to construct information. The Johari window represents the four components of self. These are, the open self, the blind self, the hidden self, and the unknown self. The open self represents the area of a person that is known to the individual and also known to the others. The blind self is the area that is not known to the person but other people know. The hidden self represent what a person is aware of but others do not known. The unknown self is the area neither known to the person/individual or the others. For self disclosure, one should have the inner drive to pursue what one wants, should have appropriateness to the kind of context that a person wants to disclose and have good timings for the disclosure. Also, there should be equality in disclosure in the sense that a person responds and be receptive to the disclosures. Lastly, a person should evaluate the kind of burdens that are presented in the process and course of disclosure. When a person is disclosing to you, it is good to mind that the person trusts you. Knowledge of such...
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...Monday, 10th August 2015 Anasthasia, Varsha, Kavi, Hussein, Sunny Customer Services Active Listening Presentation Anasthasia – Slide 3, 4 Slide 3 Ask the class what they understand by active listening. Take around 2, 3 answers. Listening is such a powerful tool – it conveys to people that you are here to listen to them – that you are not pre-occupied with something that is distant and irrelevant. To listen; To feel as well as words – Words, emotions, implications. Focus on the speaker; Don’t plan, speak or get distracted. Look at the speaker. Use verbal and non-verbal encouragements; Why encouragement ? [Ask the class if anyone knows why ] * Convey interest and Keep the person talking. * Concentrate attention upon the speaker * Don’t agree or disagree. Use noncommittal words in a positive tone of voice. * Repeat one or two words of the person's previous statement. * Be aware of your body language! * Use varying voice intonations Verbal encouragement; Make use of words like: * “I see” * “Right” * “Uh huh”… * “Okay” * “Sure” * “Yeah” * “Yes” * “Wow” * “Really?” Non verbal encouragement; * Maintaining appropriate eye contact with the interviewee. * Occasionally nodding affirmatively to display understanding and interest. * Using expectant pauses to indicate to the interviewee that more is expected Various forms of non-verbal communication: * touch ...
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...ELEMENTS OF COMMUNICATION – EMPATHY & ACTIVE LISTENING WEEK 8 1 EMPATHY - CONFLICT RESOLUTION 2 EMPATHY “Feeling into”, seeing how it is through another's eyes Experiencing the feelings of another without losing ones own identity 3 EMPATHY The emphatic person senses the other person’s bewilderment, anger, fear or love “as if” it were his own feeling, but he does not lose the “as if” nature of his own involvement. ~ Robert Bolton, People Skills, 1987 4 EMPATHY Some of the things that help you to feel empathy towards another person: Trust Attentiveness Appropriate Responses Shared Experiences Respect Support 5 EMPATHY Some of the things that make it difficult to feel empathy towards another person: Inattentiveness Lack of interest Lack of respect 6 EMPATHY Key elements of using empathy: Separate our responses from those of the person we are empathizing; Retain objectivity and distance; Be alert to cues about feelings offered to us by the other person; & Communicate to people our feeling for them and our understanding of their situations 7 EMPATHY Some things a person can do to help in the communication process: Stop talking! Remember if you are talking, you are not listening Ask questions Using “mms” and “ahs” to encourage them Maintain good eye contact Display attentive and welcoming body language 8 EMPATHY Some things a person...
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...Understanding and Empathy In the novel The Wednesday Wars by Gary D. Schmidt, Mrs. Bigio, a lunch lady at Camillo Junior High whose husband had just died from the Vietnam War that occurred in 1967, is sensitive lady who doesn't really think of other people's struggles during the Vietnam War, but her own throughout the story. Mrs. Bigio lacks understanding and empathy when she continuously hurts Mai Thi’s feelings and harasses her. Mrs. Bigio is not understanding that she is saying mean remarks to Mai Thi because she is angry and is taking it out on Mai Thi for her husband's death. She lacks understanding and empathy. She has been hurting Mai Thi’s feelings and also by harassing her. Mrs. Bigio has a spiteful attitude towards Mai Thi by not giving her hot chocolate because she is still upset about her husband’s death. For example, “Mai Thi did not reach for the chocolate when Mrs. Bigio came beside her. She did not raise her head. And Mrs.Bigio did not pause. She finished the rest...
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...upon the dilemma of justifying war on a personal moral and ethical level, and in describing this conflict it implicitly also touches upon the horrors of killing, and perhaps more importantly on what it does to a human being. The text tells the story of three Irish soldiers holding two Englishmen as prisoners of war and is split into four parts. In the first part we are told about the daily life and interactions of the irish- and Englishmen. Their relationship is generally characterized by an unusual amount of mutual trust and friendship considering that they belong to rivaling armies, and especially considering that the cause that the Irish are fighting for is probably personally motivated, rather than being the result of a draft. In the second part though this situation is darkened and complicated, by the fact that Jeremiah Donovan reveals that they are holding the Englishmen hostages as a mean of negotiation with the British, and that they are to be executed soon. In the third part the orders to execute are given, and part four depicts the Englishmen’s reluctant realization that they are to be executed by people who they perceive as friends and equals, as well as the Irish's reluctant attitude towards this execution, as Bonaparte puts it: "Why did any of us want to plug him? What had he done to us?" (S.62, L.7). The overall dramaturgical structure of the text can therefore be seen as a transition from an initial harmonic state , the somewhat carefree environment of part...
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...policy was in place less than thirty years ago, and its racist crumbs remain. The town, named Lake Oswego, was nicknamed Lake No Negro—fitting considering the town is 90% white and only 0.7% African American—and while sundown no longer means expulsion, there is still, to this day, protests of new trains, bus stops, and apartment buildings because, and only because, it would let them in. The town evokes a West Coast sense of racism, not articulated or verbalized, instead perpetuated through nods or looks or words like...
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...important to be sure to not convey weaknesses that can deem you inadequate for the job. The example given in the text is a Finance director who discloses he never understood discounted cash flow. This would be a major problem in that his job functions require him to be in an expert in this field and his subordinates may feel he is inadequate to lead. Next a leader must be able to have an intuition of what is going on. Their ability to feel and analyze what is going on around them allows them to get a feel for their employees and keep up with the happenings around them. This is a trait key to inspiring subordinates. If subordinates feel that their leader does not know what is going on they can stray from the goals and objectives and may even feel disconnected from the vision. But it is very important to validate ones perceptions with real facts. Because a manager is standoffish does not necessarily mean you are getting fired. It is vital that you test these perceptions and tie them to reality. Inspirational leaders should be able to empathize with their subordinates. But empathizing does not be succumbing to their every need. A leader must know how to care but be realistic and push their team toward their goals. A group or...
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