Empathy
Empathy is the capacity to recognize emotions that are being experienced by another sentient or fictional being. One may need to have a certain amount of empathy before being able to experience accurate sympathy or compassion. The English word was coined in 1909 by the psychologist Edward B.
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- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Daniel-GOLEMAN
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Emotional-Intelligence
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Empathy