Exploration into the nature and function of compassion
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What are the evolutionary origins of compassion? (2)
2. Beneficial to be viewed as an attractive ally and sexual/mating partner and support affiliative peer-bonds in general
What kind of cognitive competencies does compassion require as opposed to nonhuman caring?
What is Goetz's definition of compassion?
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How do Gibert and Choden define compassion as a motivation?
What does deliberate turning into suffering require? (4)
2. Willingness
3. Courage
4. Distress tolerance
What is the consequence of prevention-focus on compassion?
How can compassion give rise to a sense of identity (compassionate self)
In what way is compassion a combination of motivation and emotion?
How does compassion work as a motivation?
How do fears, blocks, and resistances hinder compassion? (3)
2. Blocks are related to internal processes (not knowing or lacking a physiological architecture) or to external environmental and contextual situations where compassion is difficult
3. Resistance happens when people do not want to be compassionate
What is the importance of the notion that compassion is a social mentality/motive?
How is caring behavior (e.g. compassion) embedded in the physiological system? (3)
2. Oxytocin and vasopressin
3. Circuits in lower brain areas and the frontal cortex
What is the main difference in training aimed at enhancing compassion? (3)
2. Socio-effective (incl. compassion training)
3. Socio-cognitive (incl. metacognition, empathy, and perspective training)
What physiological systems can compassion training impact in order to make new insights possible?
2. Specific neurophysiological pathways
3. ANS
What are the differences in the range of compassion-focused therapies that have been developed for various groups?
How does seeing compassion as an emotion or motivation has implications for compassion training in psychotherapy contexts?
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