Key Words
What is Empathy?
Being able to know and understand someone else’s feelings and feel what it might be like in their shoes or their perspective!!!
Your teacher is upset because she spilt coffee all over their very important binder. You ask them if they are okay and offer to help clean up.
Sympathy or Empathy? Why?
Empathy. You are understanding how frustrating it must be ruin something important. You connect with them and ask if they need help, because you would want help too.
Sympathy is the best route to go
False. Empathy is
What is sympathy?
Sympathy is trying understanding someone’s emotions from your own shoes.
Your brother comes home from soccer practice very upset. You ask him what is wrong. He says that his coach yelled at him for messing up a practice drill. You laugh and say “maybe you should do it right next time”
Empathy or Sympathy
Sympathy. You did not connect with your brother on an emotional level.
Silver lining a situation means to go to the store, buy a bucket of silver paint, and paint them a nice picture.
False. Silver lining a situation means to try to find the light of a situation when it isn’t needed.
What is connection?
Feeling close or connected with another person in your life Or feeling heard or seen by the other person.
Your friend's sister broke their phone. You laugh and say, “Oh well, that’s what sisters do”.
Empathy or Sympathy? Why?
Sympathy. We did not connect with our friend's emotions and did not understand how they felt.
Sympathy is being able to understand what someone is feeling from their own shoes.
False. Sympathy is trying to understand what someone is feeling from your own shoes. Sympathy is more distant than empathy.
What is silver lining?
Looking for a positive thing in the negative
You accidentally rip a corner of your art piece you have been working on for weeks. Your friend turns to you and says, “At least you didn’t rip the whole thing”.
Sympathy or Empathy?
Sympathy. Your friend is not acknowledging the experience you are going through And not connecting with your feelings.
What is “one upping a situation”?
Example: You tell your friend you didn’t do well on your science test, they say to you “ya well I didn‘t do well on the science or the math test”.
Your dog ran out of the house and got lost. You tell your friend, and they give you a hug and say “Thank you for sharing that with me, that must be really scary.”
Empathy or sympathy?
Empathy. Your friend acknowledged your feelings and connected with you. They were able to put themselves in your shoes.
A response always fixes a situation. Hint: think about the end of the video!
False: a response to someone’s emotions isn’t always needed, but letting the other person know you are there and showing connection helps.