Teaching Empathic Concern and Altruism in the Smartphone Age

Autor/inn/en	Fry, Brian N.; Runyan, Jason D.
Titel	Teaching Empathic Concern and Altruism in the Smartphone Age
Quelle	In: Journal of Moral Education, 47 (2018) 1, S.1-16 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-7240
DOI	10.1080/03057240.2017.1374932
Schlagwörter	Empathy; Altruism; Ethical Instruction; Perspective Taking; Handheld Devices; Telecommunications; Intervention + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Empathie; Altruistic behavior; Altruismus; Ethics instruction; Teaching of ethics; Ethikunterricht; Zukunftsperspektive; Telekommunikationstechnik
Abstract	Numerous studies show empathic concern promotes altruistic motivation and prosocial behavior. Here, we discuss empathic concern, its relation to altruistic motivation, and how empathic concern is invoked in experimental studies. We do this with an eye toward applying laboratory techniques in the classroom, and everyday life, to foster empathic concern and altruistic responding. This goes beyond teaching about empathic concern to setting up conditions that help people experience this psychological state, and its benefits, firsthand. Smartphone-based ecological momentary interventions (EMIs) can help us do this by raising self- and other-awareness, and by promoting empathic states and practices in daily life. While smartphones often pull us away from direct personal interaction, we explore ways of using these devices to redirect our attention to those around us. We end by suggesting that these ways of helping people regularly experience and act upon empathic concern in daily life might help nurture a compassionate disposition. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01