Empathy
By: Langston, Kim
Instance of: Empathy Questionnaire (7-12)
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Empathy is the ability to relate to the perspective or feelings of another individual. Without empathy, individuals remain indifferent or dismissive towards others and may engage in antisocial behavior. Empathy provides a means for people to lead compassionate and socially aware lives.
This assessment shows your students' self-rated behaviors on two components of empathy:
1. Try to Understand Others
2. Show Your Understanding
The graph provides average ratings for all items within a component, and the table displays the number of students that selected each rating for individual items. Some items, such as "When I disagree with others, it's hard for me to understand their perspective," are reverse scored. Selecting a rating of '1 - not very like me' means that students are demonstrating their ability to understand others, whereas if they selected a rating of '5 - very like me' they currently may need to focus on trying to understand others.
| NOT Like Me |
VERY Like Me |
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| Question | Topic | Reversed? | Average | Reverse Corrected Average | #1 Cnt | #2 Cnt | #3 Cnt | #4 Cnt | #5 Cnt |
| 1. I try to see things from other people's point of view. | Understand Others | NO | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 2. When I don't understand someone's point of view, I ask questions to learn more. | Understand Others | NO | 3.6 | 3.6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 |
| 3. When I disagree with others, it's hard for me to understand their perspective. | Understand Others | YES | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 4. I consider people's circumstances when I'm talking with them. | Understand Others | NO | 3.7 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| 5. I try to imagine how I would feel in someone else's situation. | Understand Others | NO | 4.1 | 4.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 6. When someone is upset, I try to remember a time when I felt the same way. | Understand Others | NO | 3.4 | 3.4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 7. When I'm reading a book or watching a movie, I think about how I would react if I was one of the characters. | Understand Others | NO | 3.3 | 3.3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| 8. Sometimes I wonder what it would feel like to be in my parents' situation. | Understand Others | NO | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| 9. When a friend is upset, I try to show them that I understand how they feel. | Show Understanding | NO | 4.3 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 10. I say things like "I can see why you feel that way." | Show Understanding | NO | 3.9 | 3.9 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11. I've been known to say "You are wrong" when someone is sharing their opinion. | Show Understanding | YES | 1.9 | 4.1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 12. When a friend or family member is sad, my actions let them know I understand (like a hug or a pat on the back). | Show Understanding | NO | 4.2 | 4.2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 13. I say things like "Something like that happended to me once, I understand how you feel." | Show Understanding | NO | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 |
| 14. I've told my friends things like, "You shouldn't be upset about that" or "stop feeling that way." | Show Understanding | YES | 1.7 | 4.3 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15. When I know one of my friends is upset, I try to talk to them about it. | Show Understanding | NO | 4.2 | 4.2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 |
| Total Average With Reverse Questions Flipped | 3.8 OR (70%) | ||||||||
