Understanding Intersubjectivity and Empathy

What does intersubjectivity primarily refer to?

• Awareness of one’s own emotions

• Self-awareness only

• The use of objects for human benefit

• Mutual recognition of each other as persons

What enables humans to engage in meaningful interactions with others?

• Instincts and reflexes

• Self-awareness and transcendence

• Social media and technology

• Material possessions

Which of the following is an example of reasonable human interaction?

• Sharing a story with a friend

• Ignoring a classmate

• Talking to a ballpen

• Complaining to an object

The awareness that others also perceive us is called ________.

• Alienation

• Self-consciousness

• Seeming

• Availability

The human ability to recognize that others also possess a self is essential for ________.

• Manipulation

• Competition

• Intersubjectivity

• Isolation

What sets human interaction apart from that of other species?

• Survival instinct

• Communication through noise

• Use of tools

• The human gaze and awareness of being seen

When a person changes behavior to match how others perceive them, it is called ________.

• Seeming

• Dialogue

• Alienation

• Empathy

What makes a human interaction genuine?

• It is based on manipulation

• It aims to deceive others

• It acknowledges the other as a unique person

• It involves no communication

Which of the following best defines a dialogue?

• A conversation using only words

• A one-sided speech

• A debate between opponents

• An exchange between persons expressing and receiving one another

Why can’t a person have a dialogue with a material object?

• Objects are not capable of movement

• Objects lack interiority or inner life

• Objects cannot be seen

• Objects are lifeless