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There is no scientific consensus on its classification as a personality trait, medical symptom, or mental disorder. [7] [8] Alexithymia occurs in approximately 10% of the population and often co-occurs with various mental or neurodevelopmental disorders. [9] It is present in 50% to 85% of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). [10]
Empathy is generally described as the ability to take on another person's perspective, to understand, feel, and possibly share and respond to their experience. [1] [2] [3] There are more (sometimes conflicting) definitions of empathy that include but are not limited to social, cognitive, and emotional processes primarily concerned with understanding others.
In the field of personality psychology, Machiavellianism (sometimes abbreviated as MACH) is the name of a personality trait construct characterized by interpersonal manipulation, indifference to morality, lack of empathy, and a calculated focus on self-interest.
Against Empathy: The Case for Rational Compassion is a 2016 book written by psychologist Paul Bloom. The book draws on the distinctions between empathy , compassion , and moral decision making. Bloom argues that empathy is not the solution to problems that divide people and is a poor guide for decision making.
Liberal commentator Briahna Joy Gray stunned British journalist Piers Morgan and guests on his show by admitting she has no empathy for slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. During a segment ...
A mum from Staffordshire whose son has missed more than a year of education has said the council needs to show more empathy. Seb, 11, who is autistic, is "completely assaulted" by the environment ...
In psychology, a dark empath is a person capable of empathising, but uses their empathy to feign sympathy, flatter, and exploit others. Dark empaths are associated with dark triad traits such as Machiavellianism, narcissism and psychopathy. These personality types like the ability to control others and utilize them for their own benefit.
Japanese woodblock print showcasing transience, precarious beauty, and the passage of time, thus "mirroring" mono no aware [1] Mono no aware (物の哀れ), [a] lit. ' the pathos of things ', and also translated as ' an empathy toward things ', or ' a sensitivity to ephemera ', is a Japanese idiom for the awareness of impermanence (無常, mujō), or transience of things, and both a transient ...