Similarity and Nurturance: Two Possible Sources of Empathy for Strangers

By C. Daniel Batson, David A. Lishner, J. Cook, Stacey C. Sawyer. 2005

322 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/067a93638b3c1106ce994fac01aa4a6ef9d8cf72

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In Cognitive Neuroscience

1. Sandra L. Calvert
2. Anirban Mukhopadhyay
3. Alexis R. Lauricella
4. Vanessa M. Patrick

In Social Psychology

1. R. Fisher
2. Anirban Mukhopadhyay
3. Vanessa M. Patrick
4. Marko Sarstedt
5. Dane K. Peterson

Citations in the corpus

• The Role of Culture in Affective Empathy: Cultural and Bicultural Differences (2010, unknown): “review, see Eisenberg, 2000), levels of compassion (Batson et al., 2005), and”
• Building Meaningful Parasocial Relationships Between Toddlers and Media Characters to Teach Early Mathematical Skills (2013, background): “Behaviorally, tender feelings for others are essential for actions that involve caretaking (Batson et al., 2005).”
• Getting Consumers to Recycle NOW! When and Why Cuteness Appeals Influence Prosocial and Sustainable Behavior (2017, background): “tender feelings elicited by cuteness help release caregiving behaviors toward their cute offspring (Batson et al. 2005; De Waal 2008; McDougall 1908; Sober andWilson 1998).”
• The Price of Being Beautiful: Negative Effects of Attractiveness on Empathy for Children in Need (2014, background): “Children are among the most innocent and vulnerable of victims, which makes the promotional use of their images an effective way to evoke empathy and helping responses from prospective donors (Batson et al. 2005).”