This document discusses empathy versus sympathy and provides examples of each. Empathy is described as putting oneself in another's shoes and understanding their feelings, while sympathy is feeling sorry for another's hardship. An example is provided of empathizing with a friend losing their hair from chemotherapy by offering to get matching accessories, while sympathy would be buying them a wig as a trend. The document also discusses definitions and examples of key psychological concepts like Thorndike's law of effect, defenses mechanisms, and internal emotions like distress, fear, anxiety, sadness, shame and guilt.
3. Situation: A friend losing all the hair after having a chemotherapy.
Empathy: Being in the shoes of others. I understand it is not easy for
you. I don’t mind to bring you to get a scarf or wig or hat that we can
wear together, so that you won’t feel alone.
Sympathy: Being sorry for the hardship of others.You actually can buy a
scarf or wig or hat to put on your head as it is trendy these days.
Definitions and Examples
4. Empathy
What are the EMPATHY feelings you have for
Depression Patients now?
After watching the videos about Black Dog
5. The empathy that I have for depression family and friends are
- being there for them
- giving attention to them
- encouraging them to open up themselves
- listening without judging them
- communicating with them
- exercising with them
- hanging out with them
- bringing them to see counselor
Examples
7. Definitions and Examples
The law of effect principle developed by Edward Thorndike suggested that:
● If the results of the response is positive, the behaviour is likely to be
repeated again for the situation.
● However, if the results of the response is negative, the behaviour is likely to
be abolished for the same situation.
For example,
● If the person finds that getting sufficient sleep will be able to focus on doing
work well, the person is very likely to go to bed early.
● However, if the person finds that not getting enough sleep will struggle to
concentrate on doing work, the person will prefer not to stay up very late.
9. Definitions and Examples
Dist ess - suffering or pain, or a state of
being in trouble
I feel distress when there is a fire alarm in
the middle of the night.
Fear - being afraid of
I am fear that I do not have enough time
to escape from the fire and the smoke.
An iety - worry too much
I feel anxiety for the flood and
earthquake.
Sadness - the feeling of being unhappy
I feel sad when I have lost my family
member.
Shame - a painful feeling of regret, guilt or
embarrassment
I feel shame that I cannot speak any
dialects.
Guilt - state of having committed an
offense, crime, violation, or wrong
I feel guilty when I lost my camera.
11. Definitions and Examples
Sublimation
- Changing unacceptable behaviours into acceptable behaviours.
- Feeling too stressful, I will go out to have a slow walk at parks.
Regression
- Struggling to cope with events or behaviors.
- Feeling too down, I will go to sleep without taking any meal.
Displacement
- Changing a feeling or thought to something or someone else
- When there is a power cut, I will feel annoyed, because I cannot
do my homework quickly!
