sympathy
Let an agent discuss sympathy as an emotion and social practice, including expressions of condolence, distinguishing it from empathy, and routing people in grief or crisis to support.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent discuss sympathy as an emotion and social practice, including expressions of condolence, distinguishing it from empathy, and routing people in grief or crisis to support.
A feeling of concern, sorrow or care for another person misfortune, or of agreement and support for a person, group or cause; related to but distinct from empathy and compassion.
What it is for: Social connection, comfort and solidarity.
It can be explain sympathy versus empathy; help write respectful condolence messages; describe research on prosocial emotions; route grieving people to support.
Distinguishing features
Concern for others
Feeling for rather than with
Expressed in social rituals
Can extend to causes
What it looks like
Not physical; expressed in words, gestures and actions.
How it is recognised
Condolences and expressions of support
Sympathy for causes or groups
Sympathetic nervous system is a different sense
Related models
is a kind of - category
is contrasted with - related emotion
is expressed in - practice
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
condolence and sympathy for loss
political or cultural sympathy for groups
compassion (related)
empathy (related)
Failure modes and hazards
Insensitive messages to the bereaved
Missing signs of crisis in grief
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.sympathy-relation
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Concept What it is.
Distinctions matter.
Versus empathy
Distinction.
Versus empathy
Sympathy versus empathy.
- How do researchers distinguish sympathy from empathy and compassion? provenance
- Why does it matter here? definition
Research
Evidence.
Research
Research.
- What does research say about sympathy and helping behaviour? provenance
- How strong is the evidence? boundary
Condolence Expressing it.
Words matter.
Message
Writing.
Message
Condolence messages.
- How can a respectful condolence message be written for this situation? action
- What should be avoided? boundary
Customs
Traditions.
Customs
Mourning customs.
- What condolence customs apply in this culture or faith, according to the community? provenance
- Is a visit or gift expected? provenance
Support Grief.
Grief can become crisis.
Grief
Bereavement support.
Grief
Bereavement support.
- Which bereavement support services exist here? provenance
- How can they be contacted? action
Crisis
Urgent help.
Crisis
Crisis.
- Is someone in crisis or thinking of self-harm? boundary
- Which crisis line applies? action
Senses Disambiguation.
Sympathy has other senses.
Political
Support for causes.
Political
Political sympathy.
- Is sympathy for a group or cause meant? boundary
- Are positions attributed? boundary
Physiology
Nervous system.
Physiology
Physiological sense.
- Is the sympathetic nervous system meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should condolence practices be separate entries?
- How should cultural customs be linked?
- How should the physiological sense be split off?