Empathy

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The ability to understand and share the emotions of others, and to respond appropriately in social situations.

- "Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference..."
- "Definitions of empathy encompass a broad range of social, cognitive, and emotional processes primarily concerned with understanding others..."
- "Types of empathy include cognitive empathy, emotional (or affective) empathy, somatic empathy, and spiritual empathy."
- "...the capacity to place oneself in another's position."
- "Cognitive empathy..."
- "Emotional (or affective) empathy..."
- "Somatic empathy..."
- "Spiritual empathy..."
- "Definitions of empathy encompass a broad range of social, cognitive, and emotional processes primarily concerned with understanding others (and others' emotions in particular)."
- "...social, cognitive, and emotional processes primarily concerned with understanding others..."
- "Types of empathy include cognitive empathy, emotional (or affective) empathy, somatic empathy, and spiritual empathy."
- "...concerned with understanding others (and others' emotions in particular)."
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