Author Question: Why is empathy training a good antidote to aggression? Empathy makes it a. harder to derogate our ... (Read 643 times)

genevieve1028 · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

Why is empathy training a good antidote to aggression? Empathy makes it

a. harder to derogate our victims.
b. easier to think about the consequences of our actions.
c. easier to reduce cognitive dissonance.
d. harder to reduce cognitive dissonance.

Question 2

Dehumanizing an enemy (e.g., referring to Germans as Krauts or Japanese as Nips or Japs during World War II or referring to Vietnamese as gooks during the Vietnam War) can contribute to further aggression and even wartime atrocities by

a. increasing frustration.
b. reducing our ability to empathize.
c. increasing cognitive dissonance.
d. increasing inhibitions.