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Empathy is the capacity to recognise and to some extent share feelings ( such as happiness or sadness ) that are being experienced by another person
WHY IS TODAYS YOUNG GENERATION LESS EMPATHETIC THAN THE PAST GENERATION ????
The modern-day Genration Me has become less empathetic and more self-centered than the previous generation.
The change in the society maybe due to the modern technology such as internet reducing the personal face-toface interactions The rise in the social media may play a role for the drop in the empathy. The phenomenon could be due be to do with the breakdown of the community and less interaction between the parents and the young children.
YOU SEE PEOPLE ARE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF,WILL YOU PREVENT THEM??
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WILL YOU HELP A PERSON(KNOWN) WHO NEEDS YOU,BUT DOESNT APPROACH YOU??
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The University of Michigan had done a study of 13,737 people in the U.S. The researchers examined 72 people from the age group between 15 to 45 and above. From the study done it was proved that there is a 40% decline in the empathy rate of people of the present generation than that of the older ones.
Reasons -
makes it easier to ignore others' pain, or even at times, inflict pain upon others."
Changes in parenting styles in the 1980's, when parents focused on nurturing and not spoiling children, and focused on success and not competition as compared to todays.
CAN WE CHANGE
THE
DECLINE IN
EMPATHY ????
Some students are more into quantity of friendship than quality... It is unrealistic to expect students to become more empathetic if they aren't actually committed to the idea..
Ruchi Hirawat
Sagar Jain
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Krutika Kolsekar
Kunal Luhar
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