Talk:Motivation and emotion/Book/2014/Compassion and empathy

Possible article

Hey, I really like your topic and am excited to see where you go with this! I noticed that you don't yet have subtopics on Compassion vs. Empathy and thought perhaps for one of your sections you could look into how empathy and compassion differ in terms of spirituality as compassion is viewed as more spiritual than empathy. I have found an article on compassion and spirituality which may be useful if you do look into something like this. I'm not sure if the link will work but here is the article reference: 'Brown, C. (2011). A spiritual approach to practising compassion. Journal Of Holistic Healthcare, 8(3), 54-56.' (I found the article on EBSCO through the library website. Good luck! :) U3081383 (discuss • contribs) 05:40, 12 October 2014 (UTC)

Improve writing

Perhaps to improve the flow of your writing, you should consider breaking up the many long paragraphs you have written. It is recommended that you should have between three to five sentences per paragraph. However, you often go beyond that, such as in your overview. --MT200107 (discuss • contribs) 04:45, 8 October 2023 (UTC)

Use of picture

I'm not sure what the picture gesture mean? How does this relate to compassion and empathy? Frank - u3077227 (discuss • contribs) 08:43, 8 October 2014 (UTC)

similarities between compassion and empathy?

Hi Becky,

This topic is really interesting and I feel that you have done so much work regarding your chapter. Here are some of my comments:

Since your topic is: similarities and differences between compassion and empathy, I feel that you could structure your chapter surrounding this. So far, I have not seen a part devoting to the similarities. Even if there are not many research on this, you can write this part with the knowledge you already have.

for example, what is compassion, the importance of it--> what is empathy, the importance of it--> what are the similarities: concerns for others, prosocial behaviour, they are both for human connections; are they related in neurobiologial ways? (I ask this because I can see you know quite a bit about the neuromechanisms of both); are they related from evolutionary point of view (we help each other to survive)?; Are they related in social applications (such as counselling, volunteering, reconciliation). With reconciliation alone, you have so much to talk about. For example, is empathy and compassion the emotional foundation for reconciliation? Mention indigenous issues, middle east issues. I came across this study: Giving peace a chance: Oxytocin increases empathy to pain in the context of the Israeli—Palestinian conflict.

Hope my comments help. Enjoy your writing! --Xlc (discuss • contribs) 00:09, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Hi Becky, it is me again. I just realised that the writing guidelines from James says that 30% of our mark is for theory. Maybe indicate your theoretical stuff in the headings somewhere? --Xlc (discuss • contribs) 00:22, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

Your table of contents looks really good. I change what I said earlier now. You have a special heading comparing compassion and empathy, in that framework, you have enough space to cover both the similarities and differences. The similarities and differences don't have to be 50/50, as long as you touch both, it should be fine. Now you have a good structure, just to work on part by part, follow your structure. --Xlc (discuss • contribs) 10:18, 23 October 2014 (UTC)

See also section

Hi, I am also doing an empathy related topic https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Book/2014/Empathy_development

I've been working on me "See also" internal links section and I thought that my findings might be useful to you too.

You may want to add my page in and there is also someone doing altruism and empathy this year https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Book/2014/Altruism_and_empathy

There are also two other empathy pages I have found from previous years

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Textbook/Emotion/Empathy

https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Motivation_and_emotion/Book/2011/Empathy

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Overall Overall, this is a good attempt at a creative piece of work. The structure and communication require improvement. Structure and content The flow between ideas is logical. The structure is not completely clear. Research is touched on, but could have been more of a focus. Theory is not adequately addressed. The presentation lacks academic quality. Communication Communication is an area for improvement. The voice-over is quite fluently delivered, however limited expression is used. The choice to include very limited text, along with infrequent activity in the animation, makes the presentation less engaging and difficult to follow. The ideas being presented verbally are not directly re-enforced with the visual. Production quality Basic animation is used in this presentation. The presentation lacks a professional feel, largely as a result of the style chosen. The audio quality is good, although perhaps slightly too quiet. The visuals are clear, but the animation lacks activity. The presentation exceeded the 5 minute time limit. A link to the book chapter is provided.

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Overall Overall, this is an excellent chapter. For more feedback, see these copyedits and comments below. Theory Theory coverage is very impressive; this chapter really gets to grips with the differences and similarities between compassion and empathy. Research Research is well covered. When describing important research findings, indicate the size of effects in addition to whether or not there was an effect or relationship. Written expression Written expression is generally very good. In some places, simplify (e.g., "Defining compassion can be a complex task as it is a multidimensional construct." -> "Compassion is a multidimensional construct.") The quality of written expression could be improved (e.g., where clarification templates have been added to the page). Layout Figures are used effectively. Learning features Some links to Wikipedia and/or Wikiversity articles were added as external links - these should be changed to interwiki links Incorporate links to the chapters about loving-kindness meditation and the facial action coding system Quiz questions are used effectively to encourage reader engagement. Spelling Use Australian spelling (e.g., hypothesize -> hypothesise) Grammar and proofreading Check and correct the use of ownership apostrophes (e.g., individuals vs. individual's vs. individuals') APA style Add APA style captions to tables and figures. Use ampersand (&) inside brackets and "and" outside brackets. The reference list is not in full APA style.

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