Empathy - Just Mercy Quiz

What does empathy mean?

• The ability to understand and share the feelings of another
• Asking someone to play
• Sharing toys
• Talking to friends

There are three different ways to think about empathy.

• True
• False

A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation based on prior knowledge is known as:

• theory
• observation
• experiment
• hypothesis

Ability to share the emotions of someone else.

• affective empathy
• cognitive empathy
• emotional regulation

A therapist who understands the emotions of people who they talk to but does not always share those emotions.

• cognitive empathy
• emotional regulation

This refers to the ability to control one’s emotions.

• affective empathy
• cognitive empathy
• emotional regulation

Just Mercy Reflection: In your own words and from your own heart, describe what you learned about empathy from the film. What did you learn about yourself? Write in at least 3 complete sentences. Remember to use appropriate writing style and grammar conventions (sentence structure, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, etc.).