Glossary E
Glossary E
Empathy refers to identification with or sharing of another's feelings, situation, or attitudes nad ist the attribution of one's personal feelings or attitudes to an external object.
Empathy (Being Empathic) refers to the ability to have deep understanding toward a another. May be more important as a function of the stage of the counseling relationship. Classic definition developed by Carl Rogers. Both a critical attitude and an important skill for effective counseling.
Empathy for another's life conditions is when one person experiences empathy in understanding the life conditions or personal circumstances of a person or group.
Empathy-altruism hypothesis refers to the idea that when we feel Empathy for a person, we will attempt to help him or her purely for altruistic reasons - that is, regardless of what
Empathy-helping relationship is an observation that people are most likely to help someone else when they feel emotions such as Empathy and compassion.