Sympathy and Empathy

What is Sympathy

• None of these

• Feeling Pity

• Thinking from the place of the person

Empathy is feeling sorrow or pity

• True

• False

What does Empathy mean?

• Sharing Toys

• Ability to understand and share the feelings of another

• Talking with friends

• Asking someone to play

Is practicing Empathy a choice?

• Yes

• No

If Maya dropped her books in front of everyone you could....

• Tell her 'Well done'

• Correct her

• help her pick up her books

• Explain her she is ill

What is main difference between sympathy and empathy?

• Number of hugs

• No

• Sympathy-Feeling for others

  Empathy-Feeling with others

• The first few letters

Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about empathy?

• Empathy allows you to put yourself in someone else's shoes.

• Empathy helps you feel someone else's pain.

• Empathy allows you to only recognize someone else's feelings, not feel what they're going through.

• All of the Above are True Statements About Empathy

What is sympathy?

• Sympathy is when you recognize and acknowledge someone's feelings, but you're not able to feel what they're going through.

• Sympathy is when you're able to put yourself in someone else's shoes.

• Sympathy is when you're able to feel what someone else is feeling.

• Sympathy is when you try your best to make someone else feel better, whether you understand what they're feeling or not.

Does this situation show empathy or sympathy? Brendan is nervous about his first day of middle school. His older brother is in 8th grade, and he assured Brendan that everything will be okay. "I understand how nervous you're feeling. After a few days, you will feel confident and excited about middle school. Trust me!"

• Empathy

• Sympathy

When showing empathy to someone else, which of the following is something you should do?

• Judge the person

• Listen carefully to what the person has to say

• Interrupt the person when he/she is talking

• Start talking about yourself when the person is expressing his/her feelings