Empathic distress can mean enduring anothers suffering by imaginatively enter[ing], as it were, into [the sufferers] body, becoming in some measure the same person with him (Smith, 1759/1965, p. 261)but only in some measure. Such a perceived unfairness entails the violation of ones sense of justice or reciprocity and belief in a just world: Bad things should happen to badnot goodpeople. Interestingly, the newborns reactive cry is more likely to be triggered by the cry of another human newborn than by control stimuli that have included a computer-simulated cry, the cry of a chimpanzee, and even the newborns own previous cry (Dondi, Simion, & Caltran, 1999; Martin & Clark, 1982; Sagi & Hoffman, 1976; Simner, 1971). Patients who had sustained damage to the ventromedial prefrontal region of their brains no longer showed empathy or other feelings, rendering their emotions shallow and their decision-making landscape hopelessly flat (Damasio, 1999, p. 51). Even for those evidencing mature stages of empathy, prosocial behavior may not ensue. Cognitive empathy [the ability to put oneself in the shoes of this other entity without losing the distinction between self and other; cf. In this sense, Eric Nelsons (2013) point that motor mimicry lacks an emotional link between individuals (p. 183) must be qualified in some instances. Our moral development includes our principles, how we behave and our sense of right and wrong. Such a finding would have meant that, whatever the reasons for the inductionprosocial behavior relationship, it could not be attributed to parents promotion of childrens empathy. Hastings, Utendale, & Sullivan, 2007). The result, termed the Perceived Parental Discipline (PPD) questionnaire, is available from Patrick or me. After all, to recognize the need of others, and react appropriately, is not the same as a preprogrammed tendency to sacrifice oneself for the genetic good (de Waal, 2013, p. 33). Since Hoffmans (2000) work, others have noted as well the multifaceted or complex nature of the full-fledged empathic predisposition. (Hoffman [2011] has also written on empathys contributionsboth positive and negativeto legal justice and the law.). Ethologists and sociobiologists have posited genetic programming as well as more complex bases (such as the empathic predisposition) for the cooperative, prosocial,2Close and even sacrificial behaviors that have been observed in many animal species. Indeed, caring seems like a natural extension of empathic distress in specific situations to the general idea that one should always help people in need (Hoffman, 2000, p. 225). The main concept is empathy - one feels what is appropriate for another person's situation, not one's own. Martin L. Hoffman focuses on Social psychology, Empathy, Developmental psychology, Moral development and Prosocial behavior. To evaluate this claim empirically and improve the construct validity of the Hoffman and Saltzstein measure, we retained some disappointed-expectations items but added items (e.g., point out how his friend must feel) that were clearly other-oriented induction appeals. Kohlberg's theory emphasizes the individual's construction of progressively more mature moral meaning. Inductions explanatory feature reduces the arbitrary quality of the parents demand, and by focusing on the parents disapproval of the act and its harmful effects rather than on the child, makes a high-anxiety, cognitively disruptive response less likely. Hoffman discusses empathy's role in five moral situations. Where power assertion is less harsh, corporal punishment is culturally normative, and the physical punishment is not interpreted as rejection by the child, the negative relationship between power assertion and childrens empathy or prosocial behavior may not hold (Dodge, McLoyd, & Lansford, 2005). Cooperation between individuals in extended human groups may have crucially contributed to the global success of our species (see Chapter 2). Accordingly, it is often tempting to blame the victim even when such a causal attribution is unwarranted (cf. Consider dedicated clinicians, nurses, rescue workers, and other helping professionals, especially those with self-efficacy beliefs and capabilities (Hoffman, 2002, 2008). Empathy . The word was coined in 1909 as an English rendering of the German technical term Einfhlung, which literally translates as "in-feeling." As the psychophysical research indicates, constant increases in the magnitude of a stimulus typically evoke smaller and smaller changes in responses (Slovic, 2007, pp. Martin Hoffman is a Psychologist who studied the development of empathy. Discipline that emphasizes power does not cultivate empathy; indeed, unqualified power assertion fosters in the child self-focused concerns with external consequences, which can in turn reduce prosocial behavior. In the process, some psychological distance is introduced between observer and victim (Hoffman, 2000, p. 50). This issue relates to what Hoffman (2000) called the multiple claimants dilemma as well as to the scope of application of impartiality and equality ideals (Chapter 1): How can one legitimately help some needy claimants but not others equally in need? Martin Hoffman (1 paragraph for M1/M2) + (1 paragraph for D1) M1 M2 Assess the use of Hoffman's empathy theory in building relationships, trust and preventing discrimination, must include; Summary of what Hoffman states about empathy and forming relationships Assess how HPs use Hoffman's theory to build positive relationships with . Such behavior can also be adaptive for the helper insofar as the individual helped is genetically related (even if the helper does not survive, some percentage of the helpers genes are passed on through the surviving recipient) (Hamilton, 1971). After all. Empathic responsiveness emerges at an early age in virtually every member of our species and hence may be as natural an achievement as the first step (de Waal, 1996, p. 45; cf. The constructive value of inductive discipline suggests that Piaget (1932/1965) underplayed the role that parents can play in the moral development of the child (see also Walker et al., 2000). 282283). Besides reframing and other cognitive strategies, the activation of moral principles or philosophical ideals (Hoffman, 2000, p. 223) can also serve to remedy the limitations of empathynot only empathic over-arousal but also empathic bias. In a broader context, however, construction in Piagetian theory refers to an interplay in which the person actively assimilates, transforms, and adapts to environmental information. Hoffman's model explains how empathy begins and how it develops in children. Empathy can affect a child from beyond the situation and not just during the situation. Helpful in reducing empathic intensity to a more manageable level are the development of prefrontal cortical maturity and self-regulatory processes. This combination of empathic distress and the mental representation of the plight of an unfortunate group would seem to be the most advanced form of empathic distress. When a juvenile in a captive baboon colony had an epileptic seizure, other baboons immediately turned highly protective (de Waal, 1996, p. 52). Krevans, Patrick, and I (in consultation with Hoffman) updated and revised Hoffmans original parental discipline questionnaire. Decety (2007) attributed such responses to a basic arousal mode, namely, mimicry or emotional contagion, perhaps the first step on the road toward full-blown empathy (de Waal, 2009, p. 74). A high school Literature and Justice program on world hunger and poverty actually reduced support for humanitarian aidapparently, the students felt overwhelmed and immobilized by the size and scope of the problems (Seider, 2009). Haidt (2012; and see Chapter 2 herein) interpreted Damasios findings as support for his Hume-inspired affective-primacy (rather than cognitive-primacy or co-primacy) view of moral motivation: Here were people in whom brain damage had essentially shut down communication between the rational soul and the seething passions of the body. Furthermore, they care about parental approval and are vulnerable to anxiety in response to indications of parental disapproval. Structure, stability, and longevity mean that the mature individual is less vulnerable not only to over-arousal but to under-arousal as well. For example, Decety and Svetlova (2012; cf. The infant monkeys response seemed automatic, as if they were as distraught as the victim and sought to comfort themselves as much as the other. As in Kohlbergs and Piagets theories, stages for Hoffman may identify developing competences or potentials more than actual performance. In the past empathy has been regarded as 'wishy washy', unnecessary even. Once these modes emerged in phylogeny, they could be applied outside the rearing context and play a role in the wider fabric of social relationships (de Waal, 2012, p. 89)especially as the bodily affective mechanisms coalesce or compound with the advanced cognitive modes. Hoffman, 2000). Hoffmans later rendition of his model (Hoffman, 2008) posits six stages (see Table 5.1), from immature (Stages 13) to mature (Stages 46). Too much feeling at the smaller frames and too little at the larger frame can have disastrous consequences. Learning to hate was simple. Slovic (2007) suggested that a single individual, unlike a group, is viewed as a psychologically coherent unit. Martin Hoffman's empathy theory is germane to this debate since it gives an essentially emotionoriented account of moral development in general, as well as an explanation of the gradual bonding . This superficial-to-profound theme becomes particularly evident as the modes coalesce with cognitive development to form stages of empathy development (see Table 5.1). Batson (2011) concluded from extensive research that empathic concernother-oriented emotion elicited by and congruent with the perceived welfare of someone in needproduces altruistic motivation (p. 228; cf. (p. 239). Martin Hoffman Martin Hoffman is a contemporary American psychologist. de Waal (2009) mentioned well-intentioned but thoughtless friends whose gifts reflected what they like. For example, they never noticed that we dont have a single blue item in the house, but since they love blue, they bestow an expensive blue vase on us (p. 109, emphases added). Johannes Volkelt's theory states that in order to appreciate an object, you must become one with the object. Although cognition can be quite active as it stabilizes, optimizes, or otherwise regulates affect, it is nonetheless biologically based affect that in the final analysis plays a primary role in the motivation of much situational behavior. Nonetheless, the full-fledged empathic predisposition is typically experienced as a unitary response tendency. Only the most advanced forms of knowing what others know may be limited to our species. This makes it possible for one to realize that the same holds true for others: Their external image is the other side of their inner experience. An anticipatory motor mimicry is evident as we unconsciously open our mouths when trying to feed applesauce to a baby (Pinker, 2011, p. 576). In contrast, inductive discipline elicits empathic distress and empathy-based transgression guilt by directing the child to consider how his or her behavior has affected others. Particularly impressive has been the systematic, integrative work of Martin Hoffman (2000, 2008). After all, in the above episode, the monkeys were drawn to the distressed peer: If these monkeys were just trying to calm themselves, why did they approach the victim? Gleichgerrcht & Decety, 2012). This leads to more extensive processing of information and clearer impressions about individuals (p. 89). The patients brain lesions may have been so severe as to extinguish even the neural prerequisites for exploratory behavior, reasoning, concern for consistency or rationality, and other head stuff (executive function, decision-making, etc.). It is a stronger power. The connotations of empathy are emotionally neutral, lying between sympathy and antipathy but including the joyous emotions. Several points in this connection are noteworthy. Accordingly, our conception of moral motivation will expand to include not only cognitive but also affective primacy. B starts to cry. By the same token, others perceived as dissimilar (such as Edward in the camp incident; see Chapters 1, 2) are less likely to elicit empathyalthough some empathy may remain. Contemporary theories have generally focused on either the behavioral, cognitive or emotional dimensions of prosocial moral development. An optimal level is called for: In other words, the child: (a) experiences the normative information as deriving autonomously from within oneself (Hoffman, 2000, p. 135), (b) feels compelled by an inner obligation to live up to it even in the absence of witnesses or external reward and punishment, and (c) feels empathy-based transgression guilt and/or engages in reparative or other prosocial behavior toward the victim in the event of a failure to live up to the norm. This basic exploratory tendency accords to reasoning a more fundamental motivational status (cognitive primacy) than that of servant to the thrall of the passions (affective primacy). We all know how joy spreads, or sadness, and how much we are affected by the moods of those around us (de Waal, 2013, p. 142). The collapse of decision-making, even in purely analytic and organizational tasks, was pervasive. Hoffman (2000) suggested that empathic learning in this sense may be inevitable as mothers hold their infants and communicate through bodily contact: The mothers accompanying facial and verbal expressions [of, for example, anxiety or tension] then become conditioned stimuli, which can subsequently evoke distress in the child even in the absence of physical contact (pp. Whereas basic empathic concern may have originally pertained to infant care or group synchrony, empathic understanding may have emerged with maturation of the prefrontal cortex and its reciprocal connection to the limbic system and development of a sense of self (Decety & Svetlova, 2012, p. 3; cf. As Hoffman continues sharing his theory of empathy he unpacks many aspects of empathy. Other-oriented prosocial behavior in the first year would perhaps be more prevalent if young infants were more capable of controlling their emotional distress (regulatory skills, keeping ones own boat steady) and had the motor skills to reach and help or comfort the distressed other (Roth-Hanania et al., 2011). I have for some time been working on a comprehensive theoretical model for empathy, and in this paper, I present the most recent version of this model. schema, Chapter 3): Scripts are derived from experience and sketch the general outline of a familiar event. What is Martin Hoffman empathy theory? The book's focus is empathy's contribution to altruism and compassion for others in physical, psychological, or economic distress. Such affective responsiveness is present at an early age, is involuntary, and relies on somato-sensorimotor resonance (Decety & Michalska, 2012, p. 171). Hoffmans additional claim that empathy bonds with and motivates moral principles is more straightforward with respect to the principle of caring: The link between empathic distress and [principles of] caring is direct and obvious. Such ambiguous conflict situations beg for adult intervention because they allow each child to blame the other; the neutralizing effect of other-blaming causal attributions on empathy was noted earlier. At its core is an automated process shared with a multitude of species, surrounded by outer layers that fine-tune its aim and reach. Might a basic self-knowledge be all that is needed for a real concern about the other, entailing a clear awareness that the other person is hurting rather than the self (Davidov et al., 2013, p. 2)? Decety, 2007). Eisenberg & Spinrad, 2004). Nonetheless, beyond that of any other species, humans have great imagination. This question revisits the fundamental issue of neo-nativism: Have we been under-appreciating the newborns innate moral capacity and evolutionary heritage? Consider the following childhood recollection from a young woman (she did not recollect her age at the time of the incident): I once stole some candy from a food store and was caught by the manager. Julia Krevans and I (Krevans & Gibbs, 1996) found that inductive discipline no longer predicted childrens prosocial behavior when variance attributable to childrens empathy was removed from regression analyses. We ascribe states like desire, belief, intention, hope, thirst, fear, and disgust both to ourselves and to others. 3132). The relatively few instances when resonant crying did occur resulted from a cumulative effect: After several instances of an infants showing distress, the other infant did become distressed and started to cry (p. 66). Empathy in the early stages is posited to be, as de Waal put it, a blind attraction rather than real [or mature] concern for the other person. bystander guilt), Empathic anger (cause of victims distress attributed to another individual or group), Empathic injustice (inference that victim did not deserve distress). The optimal level of pressure to attend elicited in inductive discipline is congruent with the broader balance between parent-centered (authoritarian) and child-centered (permissive) orientations achieved in authoritative parenting (Baumrind, 1989; Damon, 1995). In this volume, the author brings these 3 dimensions together while providing the first comprehensive account of prosocial moral development in children. Accordingly, any of these techniques may expand the moral circle or reduce familiarity-similarity biases; i.e., prejudice against out-group members. This means an attitude of empathy is a must-have. This volume provides the first comprehensive account of prosocial moral development in children. Beyond-the-situation veridical empathic distress can be distinguished as a sixth stage, as empathy for an entire groups life condition emerges: It seems likely that with further cognitive development, especially the ability to form social concepts and classify people into groups, children will eventually be able to comprehend the plight not only of an individual but also of an entire group or class of people such as those who are economically impoverished, politically oppressed, social outcasts, victims of wars, or mentally retarded. More specifically: Biologically normal, cognitively and verbally competent humans are likely to experience in bystander situations where no one else is around to help (or other situations where egoistic biases and motives are not strong) a multi-determined empathic distress that can generate sufficient motive power to elicit prosocial behavior. Consider, for example, the idea of "inductive discipline" that Slote (following Hoffman) emphasizes in his discussion of moral education. Warneken & Tomasello, 2010). empathy approach, as well as contemporary definitions and areas of empathy. The ultimate aim of the Process is to . These two higher-order cognitive modes are verbally mediated association and social perspective- or role-taking.5Close The mature empathy developed through these advanced modes is a deeper emotional connection with others. As the infant grows into childhood and adolescence, then, the empathic predisposition becomes less superficial and increasingly multi-modal. Central to Hoffman's theory is the occurrence of empathic distress in response to another's distress where, 1) empathic distress is associated with helping, 2) empathic distress precedes helping, and 3) observers feel better after helping. Although their total elimination might be counter-productive, empathys biases should nonetheless be reduced. Chapter 7). Specifically, the empathic predisposition is seen as playing a key role in the contribution made by inductive discipline to childrens subsequent prosocial behavior. 78 sixth and seventh graders (138-172 months in age), their mothers, and teachers completed multiple measures of Hoffman's constructs. Abstract. One nine-month-old would stare intently, her eyes welling up with tears if another child fell, hurt themselves or cried (Hoffman. As long as there was that chance, I couldnt bring myself to kill in the name of hate. Yet the primal core or affective foundation is crucial: to neglect the basic modes and focus only on the most advanced modes is like staring at a splendid cathedral while forgetting that its made of bricks and mortar (de Waal, 2009, p. 205). Indeed, the medical profession has a longstanding struggle to achieve an appropriate balance between empathy and clinical distance (Decety & Svetlova, 2012, pp. The higher-order modes are layered upon the basic ones. The interrelated functioning of the basic and mature modes of development renders the full-fledged empathic predisposition flexibly responsive to a diverse array of distress cues. In full (affective and cognitive) empathy, we connect to and understand others and make their situation our own (de Waal, 2009, p. 225, emphasis added). 5758). Veridical empathy has the basic features of mature empathy, but becomes more complex or profoundly discerning and flexible with cognitive development (Hoffman. Other versions clearly communicate love withdrawal (e.g., I cant trust you any more) or even ego attacks (Gershoff et al., 2010). A similar pattern of correlations was found in the Janssens and Gerris (1992) study for a disappointment-like variable, demandingness (in which parents appeal to their childs responsibility, make demands about mature behavior, and control whether their child behaves according to their expectations, p. 72). Hoffman (2000) cited a landmark study by Dale Hay and colleagues (Hay, Nash, & Pedersen, 1981; cf. Doctors and nurses in emergency rooms just cannot afford to be constantly in an empathic mode (de Waal, 2009, p. 80). Hoffman suggested that moral educational or cognitive behavioral programs (see Chapter 8) make prominent use of a technique that, ironically, recruits our empathic bias to the service of its own reduction. Experiments suggest that many of the components of cognitive empathy are in place. Mark Mathabane (2002), a Black South African, remembered learning to hate white people as he grew up during the years of apartheid and oppression of Black people. Despite this psychological distance, verbally mediated association can be affectively intense insofar as it is grounded in direct association, that is, activates projections from our schemas of personal experience: Even if we just read about anothers situation in a novel, our reaction still draws on well-established neural representations [or schemas] of similar situations that we have encountered, allowing us to have empathy for a fictional character based on our imagination (de Waal, 2012, p. 101; see self-focused perspective-taking, below). Chapter 10) that construction has a special referent in Piagetian usage to logic and, in that sense, is not reducible to internalization. The mediational status of empathy-based guilt could not be adequately tested, because the component correlations using guilt were significant only for some of the measures of the variables. Well, yesbut thanks mainly to the primacy of empathy; otherwise, why should perspective-taking serve prosocial rather than egoistic [e.g., manipulative] ends? (Hoffman, 2000, p. 131). In this sense, social construction can be expanded beyond peer interaction and the logic of action to encompass inductive influences and moral internalization. Empathy is also aroused when one takes the role or situational perspective of the other person; that is, imagines oneself (or anyone) in the other persons place.6Close Although de Waal (2009) noted that other-oriented perspective-taking is evident in other species (for example, apes, dolphins, elephants, and even dogs), he also noted its restriction in those species largely to here-and-now perception. Hoffman derived this now-widely used discipline typology (induction, power assertion, love withdrawal) from his (and others) extensive socialization research findings (e.g., Hoffman, 1960, 1963, 1970; Hoffman & Saltzstein, 1967).

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