The Basics
What is compassion/sympathy?
According to Merriam Webster, the definition for compassion is sympathetic consciousness of others' distress with a desire to alleviate it.
Is compassion/sympathy hypo or hypercognized?
Hypercognized
What vocal burst best expresses compassion?
AWWWWWW :/
How does compassion affect your body? (HINT: how would it affect respiration, heart rate)
Lower heart rate and respiration rate, greater respiratory sinus arrhythmia (Stellar, Cohen, Oveis, & Keltner, 2015)
In collectivist cultures, would you expect people to act on compassion more or less frequently than individualistic cultures?
More
Because compassion/sympathy is a prosocial emotion, which modality of expression best communicates this emotion? (HINT: touch, vocal, facial, or postural)
Touch (Hertenstein et al., 2019)
According to the Basic Emotion Approach model, what behaviours are associated with compassion/sympathy?
Helping, altruism
In general, which gender is better at expressing compassion/sympathy?
Women (Keltner, 2010) .
What is one facial expression associated with compassion/sympathy?
Lowered eyebrows, furrowed at centre of brows, head tilted forward, slight mouth press