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rachel9

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What does the empathic joy hypothesis suggest, and what is a real-life example that illustrates this hypothesis?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

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Patty is a politician running for public office. At a town hall meeting, she claims that she has always fought for and will continue to fight for the LGBT community.
 
  At this, a person who does not support Patty stands up and claims that Patty only began to support marriage equality after the majority of U.S. states had legalized same-sex marriage. This person is trying to generate feelings of ________. a) trivialization
  b) insufficient justification
  c) hypocrisy
  d) ego-depletion



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Answer to Question 1

The empathic joy hypothesis suggests that a person who helps another enjoys the positive reactions shown by others whom they help. An example of this is illustrated in the feeling one gets after bestowing a gift upon another person, especially one you care about, and seeing that person smile and show pleasure as a result of receiving the gift.

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


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Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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