M.E. Unit Review 2 (T3)

What is Empathy?

• Feeling happy for someone.

• Having feelings of pity for someone's misfortune.

• The ability to understand and share the feelings of another, by putting yourself in their shoes.

• Ignoring how someone feels.

What is Sympathy?

• The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

• Feeling angry at someone.

• Having feelings of pity for someone's misfortune.

• Being happy when someone is sad.

What does the saying "putting ourselves in others' shoes" mean when we talk about empathy?

• Wearing someone else's shoes.

• Imagining how someone else is feeling and what they are experiencing.

• Buying new shoes for someone.

• Giving your shoes to a friend.

When you show sympathy to someone, what kind of feelings do you usually have for them?

• Excitement.

• Feelings of pity for their misfortune.

• Anger.

• Happiness.

What is an important learning objective when we learn about empathy?

• To avoid talking about feelings.

• To only think about your own feelings.

• To be able to display an understanding of empathy through your actions.

• To learn how to make someone cry.

How can understanding empathy help us in real life?

• It helps us understand how to apply empathy in different situations.

• It helps us win games.

• It helps us ignore people.

• It only helps us with school work.

Your friend, Lily, is crying because she lost her favorite teddy bear. You go over to her, remember how you felt when you lost your favourite toy, and give her a comforting hug. Is this an example of Empathy or Sympathy?

• Sympathy

• Neither

• Both equally

• Empathy

Your friend keeps pushing you over when you are playing football together. How could you show empathy?

• Ask them, "Are you feeling frustrated or trying to get my attention? I don't like being pushed."

• Ignore them and keep playing.

• Push them back even harder.

• Tell a grown-up they are being mean, but then try to understand if something is bothering them that makes them act this way.

Your friend is ignoring you and you do not know why. How can you show empathy in this situation?

• Ignore them back and don't talk to them.

• Ask them, "Are you okay? You seem quiet and I'm wondering if something is upsetting you."

• Get angry and yell at them for ignoring you.

• Tell other friends that your friend is being rude.

During a soccer game, a boy fell and broke his arm. His friend said to him, "I really hate that this happened to you." What did the friend show?

• Sympathy

• Anger

• Empathy

• Happiness