Empathy: From Automatic Perception to Controlled Processes

DOI:  https://doi.org/10.12804/apl32.1.2014.03

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Published: Jul 2, 2013
Issue: Vol. 32 No. 1 (2014)
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Keywords: empathy , emotional empathy , theory of mind , mentalizing , empatía , empatía emocional , teoría de la mente , mentalización , Empatia , Empatia Emocional , Teoria da Mente , Mentalização

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  Mariana Beatriz López Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Psicología Matemática y Experimental (CIIPME) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Vanessa Arán Filippetti Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Psicología Matemática y Experimental (CIIPME) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
María Cristina Richaud Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Psicología Matemática y Experimental (CIIPME) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)
Abstract

Since its first use in Psychology at the beginning of the 20th century, the term Empathy has reached the different branches of the aforementioned science, leading to the spread of a number of theories and categories developed in order to explain its functioning or describe its components. In the present paper, some discussions about the scope and the limits of empathy are reviewed in an attempt to clarify the particularities and relations between distinct terms that coexist in the study of this topic: namely, Emotional Contagion, Emotional Empathy, Perspective Taking, Theory of Mind and Mentalizing. Furthermore, we propose an integration of this theoretical field into a broad scheme, in an attempt to account for the complexity of the construct of Empathy.

Author Biographies

Mariana Beatriz López, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Psicología Matemática y Experimental (CIIPME) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Licenciada en Piscología UCSF (Universidad Católica de Santa FE)

Becaria Doctoral Tipo II CONICET

Profesora Adjunta Ordinaria, UADER (Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos)

Vanessa Arán Filippetti, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Psicología Matemática y Experimental (CIIPME) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Doctora en Psicología, Universidad Católica Argentina.

Magíster en Neuropsicología, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba.

Becaria Postdoctoral del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).

María Cristina Richaud, Centro Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Psicología Matemática y Experimental (CIIPME) – Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET)

Doctora en Filosofía y Letras con orientación en Psicología, Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Investigadora Superior del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET).

How to Cite
López, M. B., Arán Filippetti, V., & Richaud, M. C. (2013). Empathy: From Automatic Perception to Controlled Processes. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana, 32(1), 37–51. https://doi.org/10.12804/apl32.1.2014.03
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