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31st APS Annual Convention

Empathy Interventions: Who, What, When, and How?

Friday, May 24, 2019 · Washington, DC

Oral · Social

How can we leverage insights from social psychology to improve empathy interventions? This interdisciplinary symposium will present empathy interventions against the backdrop of empathy failures, highlighting the critical role of motivation in shaping intervention outcomes. Characterizing and accounting for motives can improve intervention efficacy, facilitating adaptive socio-emotional outcomes.

Chairs & Discussants

  • Erika WeiszChair
    Harvard University
  • Kibby McMahonCoChair
    Duke University

Presentations

  1. Building Empathy in Early AdolescenceErika Weisz
  2. Blinded By Our Emotions: How Regulating Our Own Feelings Helps Us Perceive the Feelings of OthersKibby McMahon
  3. Social Dominance Orientation Modulates Levels of Empathy and Schadenfreude Towards Others, but Especially Towards out-GroupsSa-kiera T. J. Hudson
  4. Preference for Natural over Effortful Empathy in Social JudgmentJames Dungan