What does empathy mean?

• The ability to understand and share the feelings of another
• Sharing everyday life events
• Gossiping with friends
• Asking someone to spend time because they are bored alone

Is empathy also "sympathy?"

• Yes
• No
• Maybe
• Of course

What are the different types of empathy ?

• Cognitive - Being able to put yourself into someone else’s place, and see their perspective
• Emotional - when you feel the other person’s emotions alongside them, as if you had ‘caught’ the emotions
• Compassionate - feeling someone’s pain, and taking action to help.

Self Talk is when you encourage yourself and/or others to help improve skills, performance, and to help build confidence.

• Optional
• Positive
• Negative
• Personal

Before criticizing somebody, I try to imagine how I would feel if I were in his/her place. [tick whatever is applicable to your thoughts]

• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Agree
• Strongly Agree

Sometimes I try to understand my friends better by imagining how things look from their perspective because I believe that there are two sides to every question. [tick whatever is applicable to your thoughts]

• Strongly Disagree
• Disagree
• Neutral
• Agree
• Strongly Agree

Which of the following is an example of showing empathy?

• Spending time with a person and listening to their story, even if it is difficult.
• Sharing funny gifs or memes on a friend’s social media page or sending a nice card to make them feel better, esp. when you know they are having a bad day.
• Telling your other friends to help you cheer up someone who is suffering.
• Helping someone who is in pain to forget about their troubles by going to a movie or party.

A new student at your institution does not speak English well. Your classmates have complained about how difficult this makes it to communicate with her during assignments or group study circles. What should you do to show empathy? [tick whatever is applicable to your thoughts]

• Speak slowly, use gestures, or spell out words to help her understand the coursework.
• Try to teach her so she can follow exactly how you do things.
• Get to know her by finding out the ways she can best communicate and get the work done.
• Tell your classmates about the challenges you have communicating with her.
• Leave her alone to struggle for herself and mock her innumerable tials.

You are working on an online group project to determine a cause for a class fundraiser. Everyone in your group wants to support an environmental cause except for one person. What can you do to show empathy to your classmate who has a different idea? [tick whatever is applicable to your thoughts]

• Ignore your classmate’s opinion since the majority of the group agrees on the cause.
• Ask to be put into a different group of students since the situation is uncomfortable for you.
• Assign him a non-speaking role like being the timekeeper or slide advancer so he doesn’t have to speak about an idea he doesn’t support.
• Ask your classmate about his idea to understand his perspective and incorporate it into your presentation.

All of the following are examples of showing empathy, EXCEPT: [tick whatever is applicable to your thoughts]

• Mirroring positive body language, like eye contact, as a way to build rapport with someone.
• Asking irrelevant questions of others in order to show willingness to understand others’ feelings and perspectives.
• Reading about the psychological processes underlying grief and/or sorrow.
• Valuing people from different cultures by learning about them and their stories.
• Helping a rapport to build and grow by putting yourself in another person’s shoes.