Humans continuously assess one another's situational context, modify their own affective state accordingly, and then respond to these outcomes by expressing empathetic behaviors.
Mr. West wrote on his Twitter feed, "I went up there to express how I was empathetic to Bush because I labeled him a racist and years later I got labeled as a racist".
In September, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made some waves when he hinted Facebook was working on a way to expand its famous Like button — not by adding the much-fabled "dislike" option, but by making it way more empathetic, expressing sadness and other emotions.
They can also have a strong desire to connect with others and they can be intensely empathetic — they just attempt those connections and express that empathy in unconventional ways.
A child must be helped to express suffering and to confront bad memories, with the support and guidance of an empathetic and informed adult.
Empathetic individuals not only acknowledge those acts of kindness done unto them, they actively express gratitude for them.
Many indicated the need to express their emotions during an admission, but said they had the impression that the specialist tended to avoid empathetic, supportive contact.
Although appearing 'warm' is based on the patient's subjective judgment, it may be as simple as acknowledging any emotions that the patient is expressing, exercising reflecting listening, and providing empathetic responses.
Since the character has been empathetic and the racism is expressed using language and logic often favored by liberals, some audience members have typically found that it comes very close to their own unacknowledged perceptions.
The American novelist's unease about his comfortable isolation, frequently expressed through reflexive irony, rarely flowed into an empathetic understanding of those intractably embodying the will to change at home.
