Understanding Empathy, Sympathy, Tolerance
Definition of Empathy
Empathy is defined as a complex affective and cognitive response to the emotional stress of others. Empathy includes the ability to feel the emotional state of others, feel sympathetic and try to solve problems, and take other people's perspectives. The word empathy in English (Empathy) was discovered in 1909 by E.B. Titchener as a business, a new phenomenon explored by Theodor Lipps in the late 19th century. After that, it was translated back into German as "Empathie" and used there.
Example of Empathy
Be sensitive to someone's feelings so they can maintain their best words.
Willing to sacrifice property to help someone who has a problem or is hit by natural disasters for example.
Devoted to mother because she knew how difficult it was for her to get pregnant and raise her children.
Be kind to the poor, don't be rude to them, keep your mind good for their actions and help as much as possible.
He does not become someone who troubles others because it is understood that other problem people burden them with distress.
Be light in facilitating the affairs of others because they understand that if their business is facilitated it is pleasure.
Understanding Sympathy
Sympathy is a psychological process in which a person feels attracted to someone or a group of people because of his attitude, appearance, authority, or actions in such a way. In this process one's feelings play a very important role, although the main impetus for sympathy is the desire to understand the other party and work with it. This is the main difference when compared with identification. Identification is more driven by the desire to learn from others who are considered higher positions and must be respected. This is because the other party has certain strengths or abilities that should be used as examples.
Example of Sympathy
Visiting a sick person
Helping people affected
Helping people in trouble
Help solve someone's problem
Helping victims of natural disasters
Relieve school fees
Grief for someone's death
Entertaining friends who have problems
Congratulate happy people
Give some assets to the poor
Be happy for the success of others
Form orphanages for orphans and abandoned children
Build tents and relief posts for victims of natural disasters
Difference of Empathy and Sympathy
Empathy is almost similar to feelings of sympathy, but empathy is not only a feeling that arises but is followed by feelings of organisms from within the body that are very deep. For example, if our friend's parents die, we will also feel lost. So it can be concluded that empathy is an action taken to another person using the right way of thinking so that according to others the action is good and right.
Sympathy is the process when someone has a feeling of being attracted to another party, so they feel what is being experienced, done and suffered by that person. The most visible sympathy is feeling, feeling plays a major role in sympathy. Sympathy can be observed when in friendship, neighbors or bosses work with subordinates.
Understanding Tolerance
Language tolerance comes from the Latin "tolerare", tolerance means patience and restraint. Tolerance can also mean an attitude of mutual respect and respect between groups or between individuals in society or in other spheres. Tolerance can avoid discrimination, even though there are many different groups or groups in a community group.
Examples of Tolerance
Respect opinions about the thoughts of others who are different from us, and help each other between people regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, and between groups. The term tolerance covers many fields. One of them is religious tolerance, which is an attitude of mutual respect and respect among followers of other religions, such as:
Don't force others to follow our religion;
Do not criticize / insult other religions for any reason; and
Don't forbid or interfere with other religious people to worship according to their religion / belief.