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Give me a breakdown of the definition of affective or  emotional empathy.
What are the various types of affective or emotional empathy?
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Breakdown of Affective/Emotional Empathy

Affective or emotional empathy refers to the ability to feel what another person is feeling—essentially experiencing an emotional response that mirrors or resonates with someone else’s emotions. Unlike cognitive empathy (understanding emotions intellectually), emotional empathy involves a visceral, automatic reaction.

Types of Affective/Emotional Empathy

1. Emotional Contagion

• • 1. Definition: Unconsciously "catching" another person’s emotions, leading to a similar emotional state.

    2. Example: Feeling sad when you see a stranger crying in public.

    3. Quotes:

       1. "Emotions are contagious. We’ve all known it experientially. You know after you have a really fun coffee with a friend, you feel good. When you have a rude clerk in a store, you walk away feeling bad."
          — Daniel Goleman

       2. "We imitate the emotions we see in others, which helps us understand what they’re feeling."
          — Elaine Hatfield
          
          

2. Personal Distress

• • 1. Definition: Feeling overwhelmed by another’s emotions, leading to self-focused distress rather than compassionate action.

    2. Example: Panicking when a loved one is in pain because their fear triggers your own anxiety.

    3. Quotes:

       1. "Personal distress is an aversive, self-focused reaction to another’s suffering that may inhibit helping behavior."
          — Martin Hoffman

       2. "When empathy becomes distress, it can paralyze rather than motivate."
          — Paul Bloom
          
          

3. Empathic Concern (Sympathy)

• • 1. Definition: Feeling warmth, care, and concern for another’s suffering, motivating a desire to help.

    2. Example: Seeing a homeless person shivering and feeling compelled to give them a blanket.

    3. Quotes:

       1. "Empathic concern is the other-oriented emotional response that drives altruistic behavior."
          — C. Daniel Batson

       2. "True empathy is not just feeling with someone, but being moved to help them."
          — Brené Brown
          
          

4. Vicarious Emotional Response

• • 1. Definition: Experiencing emotions as if they were your own, often in response to witnessing someone else’s situation.

    2. Example: Feeling intense joy when watching a video of a soldier reuniting with their family.

    3. Quotes:

       1. "Vicarious emotions allow us to live through others’ experiences as if they were our own."
          — Tania Singer

       2. "The brain does not always distinguish between what happens to us and what happens to others."
          — Marco Iacoboni
          
          

These forms of emotional empathy highlight how deeply interconnected human emotions can be, whether through automatic mimicry or deeper compassionate responses.