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Edwin Rutsch
March 9, 2012 12:00 PM
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Men like to know when their wife or girlfriend is happy while women really want the man in their life to know when they are upset, according to a new study published by the American Psychological Association. The study involved a diverse sample of couples and found that men's and women's perceptions of their significant other's empathy, and their abilities to tell when the other is happy or upset, are linked to relationship satisfaction in distinctive ways, according to the article published online in the Journal of Family Psychology.
"It could be that for women, seeing that their male partner is upset reflects some degree of the man's investment and emotional engagement in the relationship, even during difficult times.
ScienceDaily
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http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/releases/fam-ofp-cohen.pdf
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Edwin Rutsch
March 6, 2012 11:34 AM
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"Women can be difficult to understand, some men say, but new empathy research indicates that to keep a woman happy, their partners just need to try to understand their emotions, not necessarily succeed at it... (This ability to empathize, or understand another's emotions, has been shown in past research to boost relationship satisfaction.) .... "When working with couples, it seems particularly important for therapists to help both partners, especially males, heighten the empathic connection around reading one another’s positive emotions," By Jennifer Welsh
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Edwin Rutsch
March 5, 2012 6:10 PM
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Having a partner who tries to understand them is more important to women in relationships than actual understanding. Women can be difficult to understand, some men say, but new empathy research indicates that to keep a woman happy, their partners just need to try to understand their emotions, not necessarily succeed at it. Men, on the other hand, just want to know whether their significant other is happy. If they notice that their partner is unhappy, and is possibly about to initiate a split, the thought decreases their relationship happiness. Women's happiness, however, is not dampened by a partner's dissatisfied emotions. by Jennifer Welsh
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Edwin Rutsch
March 5, 2012 12:20 PM
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A collaboration by University of Chicago neuroscientists Inbal Bartal, Jean Decety, and Peggy Mason has produced groundbreaking findings on empathy and helping behavior. Published in Science, the paper, entitled Empathy and Pro-Social Behavior in Rats, finds that rats repeatedly work to free their trapped cagemates, motivated by empathy for their distress. see pdf file. http://ccsn.uchicago.edu/static/ccsn/newsletter/12/Page1-2.pdf
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Edwin Rutsch
March 3, 2012 12:53 PM
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I've thought for a while now that the concept of "empathy" most commonly used when talking about autism is excessively narrow. Autistics --- especially Asperger's autistics --- are often said to lack empathy, which usually means two things: we can't infer a person's emotional state from their facial expression, body language, tone of voice or whatever other indirect cues they may be sending out, and we don't respond emotionally to other people's emotions, even when they are clear to us. Here's Simon Baron-Cohen's definition of empathy, taken from the first chapter of his book The Essential Difference: Male and Female Brains and the Truth about Autism*:
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Edwin Rutsch
March 3, 2012 11:48 AM
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The “upper class,” as defined by the study, were more likely to break the law while driving, take candy from children, lie in negotiation, cheat to raise their odds of winning a prize and endorse unethical behavior at work, the research found. The solution, Piff said, is to find a way to increase empathy among wealthier people.
“It’s not that the rich are innately bad, but as you rise in the ranks -- whether as a person or a nonhuman primate -- you become more self-focused,” Piff said. “You can change that by reminding upper-class people of the needs of others.
By Elizabeth Lopatto
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Edwin Rutsch
March 1, 2012 9:54 PM
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Emile Bruneau
"Research on the psychological biases that exist between members of conflict groups using behavioral measures and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Massachusetts Institute of Technology"
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Edwin Rutsch
March 1, 2012 9:50 PM
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Panelists: Victoria Pynchon - I am an attorney-mediator and arbitrator. I am also a principal in the She Negotiates Consulting and Training firm for which this blog is named. Joe Brummer - "Joe Brummer is completely committed to the field of nonviolence and shows it in both his professional and personal decorum. His trainings are inspiring and his mediation skills are those of a seasoned professional..." Edwin Rutsch - founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy.
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Edwin Rutsch
February 29, 2012 4:05 PM
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One of the commonest claims relating to the alleged impact of photographs of atrocity, violence and war is that they induce ‘compassion fatigue’ in the public at large. This claim often starts with an assertion about our media saturated world, and is part of the general suspicion about the capacity of images Rancière noted. At its heart is the notion that, far from changing the world, photographs work repetitively, numbing our emotional capacity and thereby diminishing the possibility of an effective response to international crises. ... What is notable about compassion fatigue is that it means one thing in the context of health care and social work, and the reverse in relation to the media and politics... by David Campbell
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Edwin Rutsch
February 29, 2012 3:50 PM
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A panel packed with liberal pundits on Tuesday's NBC Today concluded that Mitt Romney "cannot relate to average people" because he is "just an awkward human being" and "robot" who is "not likable" due to his wealth "mixed with arrogance without empathy" that gives him "the image of a robber baron.
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Edwin Rutsch
February 29, 2012 3:43 PM
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"This is so unfair to the men who are being required to do this," she states. "They are following orders and should not be ridiculed themselves for having to wear that getup and look the way they are. It really makes no sense -- it is demeaning to the men, and I don't think it says anything good about the culture of the Army right now." The CMR president questions why the Army has placed such a high priority on training for pregnant women. "We have a draw-down going on right now. We need good men and women in our military. But why are they putting all this extra effort having to do with pregnancy?" she wonders. "Every minute spent on that kind of training detracts from the kind of tough training that our personnel in the Army need."
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Edwin Rutsch
February 29, 2012 12:02 AM
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“When players compete against each other in a game, they try to make a mental model of the other person’s intentions, what they’re going to do and how they’re going to play, so they can play strategically against them,” explains one of the study’s authors Kyle Mathewson, who worked alongside lead author Lusha Zhu This “mental model” of other people’s thoughts and feelings, also known as theory of mind, is crucial for the development of empathy, perspective-taking, and social reciprocity—all the skills that allow us to get along productively with others.
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Edwin Rutsch
February 28, 2012 11:51 AM
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Despite a recent study by Stanford University, which suggests that social networking sites like Facebook and Myspace are no replacement for real human interaction, a new World Vision 30 Hour Famine study has found that these sites aid teens with developing empathetic skills. As part of the World Vision 30 Hour Famine study, in which 200,000 teens are set to give up food to fight against global hunger, young people across the country were polled online by Harris Interactive about their social media activity.
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Edwin Rutsch
March 7, 2012 6:25 PM
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When it comes to the tiffs (or the full-blown fights) that inevitably come up in relationships, it turns out that a woman doesn't need the man in her life to feel her pain. She just needs to think that he's trying to feel it... For women, satisfaction in a relationship was most strongly associated with feeling that their partners' were making that effort -- no matter whether their partners actually understood them or not. “Women may place greater value on partners’ empathic effort, perhaps because this behavior emphasizes the desire and investment of their male partners to be attentive and emotionally attuned in the relationship,” the authors wrote in the study, which was published online by the Journal of Family Psychology. For men, that effort mattered too, but a stronger indicator of their relationship satisfaction was whether they were able to identify when their partners were happy.
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Edwin Rutsch
March 6, 2012 11:06 AM
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Researchers sampled a diverse group of couples and found that men’s and women’s perceptions of their significant other’s empathy, and their abilities to tell when the other is happy or upset, are linked to relationship satisfaction... “It could be that for women, seeing that their male partner is upset reflects some degree of the man’s investment and emotional engagement in the relationship, even during difficult times. This is consistent with what is known about the dissatisfaction women often experience when their male partner becomes emotionally withdrawn and disengaged in response to conflict,”.. Researchers believe the bottom line is that the more empathetic an individual can be to the other partner’s feelings, the happier the couple. Future research should encourage couples to better appreciate and communicate one another’s efforts to be empathetic. By RICK NAUERT PHD
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Edwin Rutsch
March 5, 2012 6:06 PM
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Believing a partner is trying to empathize is more important to relationships than actual empathy, according to a study... “Wow, honey. That sounds rough. I totally get how you feel.” These are comforting words to a woman’s ear – even if they’re insincere, researchers have found. In fact, believing a partner is trying to empathize is more important to relationships than actual empathy, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association. by ADRIANA BARTON
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Edwin Rutsch
March 5, 2012 12:18 PM
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Melike Fourie, Ph.D., an affiliate member of the Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience, investigates empathy using crossdisciplinary methods as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Cape Town.
Fourie’s recent research utilizes video footage from the South African Truth and Reconciliation
Committee (TRC) to explore the concept of the complexity of empathy in ecologically valid
and socially significant way.
Center for Cognitive and Social Neuroscience 12:WINTER 2012
http://ccsn.uchicago.edu/static/ccsn/newsletter/12/Page3.pdf ;
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Edwin Rutsch
March 3, 2012 12:06 PM
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Bloomberg's Elizabeth Lopatto reports that the "upper class," as defined by a research in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, were more likely to break the law while driving, lie in negotiation, and take candy from children. She spoke yesterday on Bloomberg Television's "Street Smart." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Edwin Rutsch
March 3, 2012 12:31 AM
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I also sometimes get really hateful messages, a tremendous amount of hateful massages, but I don't talk about them. Because you know, why give it energy. On top of that, I always, I always have a moment of empathy... when I read it. I think to myself, man, they must really be going through something today to write something.... sometimes just so violent... The truth is that's also coming from a place of insecurity... video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=aQVXsKxuJ3I
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Edwin Rutsch
March 1, 2012 9:51 PM
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Kim Wright
Publisher/Managing Editor at Cutting Edge CuttingEdgeLaw.com - What if Lawyers were Peacemakers, Problem Solvers, and Healers of Conflicts? Edwin Rutsch - founding director of the Center for Building a Culture of Empathy.
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Edwin Rutsch
March 1, 2012 12:12 AM
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But perhaps the most surprising result of the Iowa caucuses was the return of compassionate conservatism from the margins of the Republican stage to its center. Rick Santorum is not just an outspoken social conservative; he is the Republican candidate who addresses the struggles of blue-collar workers and the need for greater economic mobility. He talks not only of the rights of the individual but also of the health of social institutions, particularly the family. He draws out the public consequences of a belief in human dignity — a pro-life view applied to the unborn and to victims of AIDS in Africa. By Michael Gerson,
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Edwin Rutsch
February 29, 2012 3:57 PM
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There are few things more offensive than patronizing empathy. Incapable of changing his economic tribe, Romney will need to make the best of his background. If Americans don't want a successful management consultant as president, he stands little chance. But a good case can be made for an economic manager after a period of disappointing economic performance and spectacular fiscal irresponsibility. In a stagnant economy, the promotion of economic growth and opportunity is not only a technocratic goal; it is a moral cause.
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Edwin Rutsch
February 29, 2012 3:45 PM
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Learning Empathy Empathy is a key skill for innovators. Scientists need to empathize with their materials, and immerse themselves into the problems they seek to illuminate. Einstein visualized travelling astride a speeding light beam, and pondered what the world would look like if he traveled at the velocity of light. Nobel Laureate Barbara McClintock imagined being the genes of the corn plants she studied, even claiming to become their "friend". Dancers are masters of empathy. Ever since antiquity dancers have been great translators and purveyors of emotions and meaning. They inhabit music, characters, objects, and give life to them in front of our mesmerized eyes. We can learn from them. MacArthur Fellow John Cairns generated valuable insights about bacterial processes by dancing his experiments.
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Edwin Rutsch
February 29, 2012 12:12 AM
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Tell us more about the crucial role of empathy, which I know is a great interest of yours. What should we all keep in mind about empathy? I think we’ve been too obsessed with self-interest over the last century, and that’s limited the way that we pursue the good life. I think that empathy – the ability to try to imagine yourself into someone else’s life, to look through their eyes – can expand our lives enormously. Of course, if you see somebody begging under a bridge you might feel sorry for them or toss them a coin, but that’s not empathy, it’s sympathy or pity. Empathy is when you have a conversation with them, try to understand how they feel about life, what it’s like sleeping outside on a cold winter’s night – try to make a real human connection and see their individuality.
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Edwin Rutsch
February 28, 2012 8:24 PM
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Interview is with Maia Szalavitz
Author: Born for Love: Why Empathy Is Essential and Endangered How can we build a culture of empathy?
· Start with children – they learn by being treated with empathy
· Wiring of stress systems. Being with others who are caring and nurturing
· Empathy is fundamental for health. Empathy is not a luxury Two kinds of empathy:
· Cognitive empathy – can be used positively for connecting or negatively such as for manipulation. Perspective taking.
· Emotional empathy – sharing another’s feelings, generally, is always positive Maia shares personal stories with addiction and what caused it.
· A high level of self-hatred and over-sensitivity. Opiates gave me artificially what I could not get naturally. In recovery, learned how to get it naturally.
· Un-empathic recovery methods don’t make sense because lack of empathy is often what started the addiction in the first place.
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