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Sympathy is the perception of, understanding of, and reaction to the distress or need of another life form. [1]According to philosopher David Hume, this sympathetic concern is driven by a switch in viewpoint from a personal perspective to the perspective of another group or individual who is in need.
Agreeableness is a personality trait referring to individuals that are perceived as kind, sympathetic, cooperative, warm, honest, and considerate. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In personality psychology , agreeableness is one of the five major dimensions of personality structure, reflecting individual differences in cooperation and social harmony.
Pity is a sympathetic sorrow evoked by the suffering of others. The word is comparable to compassion, condolence, or empathy. It derives from the Latin pietas (etymon also of piety). Self-pity is pity directed towards oneself. Two different kinds of pity can be distinguished, "benevolent pity" and "contemptuous pity". [1]
Emotional intelligence (EI), also known as emotional quotient (EQ), is the ability to perceive, use, understand, manage, and handle emotions.High emotional intelligence includes emotional recognition of emotions of the self and others, using emotional information to guide thinking and behavior, discerning between and labeling of different feelings, and adjusting emotions to adapt to environments.
A person destined by prophecy to save the world, frequently possessed of unusual skills or abilities. Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars film series; Harry Potter in the Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling; Neo in The Matrix film series; Christ figure: Someone who dies a martyr only to rise from the dead to fight evil, as in the story of Jesus.
A sympathetic character is a fictional character in a story whom the writer expects the reader to identify with and care about, [1] if not admire. Protagonists , almost by definition, fit into the category of a sympathetic character; so, however, do many supporting characters and even antagonists .
FNsD may present with one or more symptoms of various sorts: motor symptoms, which may involve weakness or paralysis; aberrant movements, including tremor or dystonic movements; abnormal gait patterns; and abnormal limb posture. The presenting symptoms in FNsD is loss of function, but in somatic symptom disorder, the emphasis is on the ...
Pre-existing biases can lead to listening to someone else's argument for its weaknesses, ignoring its strengths. This can lead to a competitive advantage in a political debate, or by a journalist to provoke a strong response from an interviewee, and is known as "ambushing". Individuals in conflict often blindly contradict each other.