An adaptive perspective on revealed and concealed cues to empathy

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ID9620983
AutoresRobert Ward (0000-0002-1917-2035, Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience School of Psychology Bangor University UK, autor correspondente), Polly Shingler (Wolfson Centre for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience School of Psychology Bangor University UK)
Ano2016
Volume107
Fascículo1
Páginas30-32
Data de publicação2016-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/bjop.12167
PMID26748633
OpenAlexW2234138599
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas2

W u, S heppard, and M itchell ( Br. J. Psychol ., 2016; 107, 1‐22) found that observers could accurately identify people with extreme but not more average empathy scores. Here, we further consider this U‐shaped discrimination function. We first examine a statistical issue regarding the construction of the average groups, which are less homogenous by definition than the extreme groups. We then consider the kinds of questions arising when these results are considered within the adaptive framework of signal theory. Some interesting questions arise relating to the signal sender, including the costs and benefits to the sender in revealing and concealing true empathy levels, and the effects of adopting behavioural norms to conceal true levels of empathy

Cognitive psychology · Communication source · Empathy · Function (biology) · Perspective (graphical) · Perspective-taking · Statistics · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Mathematics · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology