bonerjamz 04 All American 3217 Posts user info edit post |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20100528/sc_livescience/todayscollegestudentslackempathy
Quote : | "Today's College Students Lack Empathy
College students today are less likely to "get" the emotions of others than their counterparts 20 and 30 years ago, a new review study suggests.
Specifically, today's students scored 40 percent lower on a measure of empathy than their elders did. " |
empathy quiz at end of article5/28/2010 12:04:47 PM |
Førte All American 23525 Posts user info edit post |
empathy is for faggots 5/28/2010 12:06:29 PM |
Ernie All American 45943 Posts user info edit post |
What is it called when you are morally bankrupt, but with money
I am that 5/28/2010 12:07:06 PM |
khcadwal All American 35165 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "53/70 points = higher empathy than 60% of participants " |
5/28/2010 12:16:48 PM |
tromboner950 All American 9667 Posts user info edit post |
I was kinda with them until this:
Quote : | "In terms of media content, this generation of college students grew up with video games, and a growing body of research, including work done by my colleagues at Michigan, is establishing that exposure to violent media numbs people to the pain of others." |
Complete ignorance of social interaction within the medium in question/jumping to conclusions.
I'd argue that it's mostly because people are growing up on interaction and communication that is increasingly web-based rather than in person. I'm sure the researchers made that argument, too, but of course the stupid fuckers writing the news report have to go for the video game angle. ....Also, they aren't necessarily learning less/developing less skills about social interaction, but just a slightly different set of social skills more oriented towards social interaction online.5/28/2010 12:17:05 PM |
GGMon All American 6462 Posts user info edit post |
empathy is for faggots 5/28/2010 12:21:04 PM |
ambrosia1231 eeeeeeeeeevil 76471 Posts user info edit post |
Since when does lack of empathy = morally bankrupt?
That's more akin to being an asshole. Morally bankrupt is shit like keeping a 7 year old as a sex slave. 5/28/2010 12:21:40 PM |
tromboner950 All American 9667 Posts user info edit post |
I'd like to add... with the increasing amount of comfort that technology gives us in our day-to-day lives, people's average problems are becoming more and more trivial. Thus, the reaction of "your 'problems' are petty and insignificant, and/or mostly self-inflicted" becomes more reasonable while seeming much less empathic (the private mental reaction, anyway... obviously you wouldn't say that to their face, and obviously this wouldn't apply to something that is legitimately a big problem). 5/28/2010 12:31:52 PM |
ALkatraz All American 11299 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "43/70 points = lower empathy than 80% of participants" |
Vague questions.
[Edited on May 28, 2010 at 12:56 PM. Reason : -]5/28/2010 12:56:14 PM |
wdprice3 BinaryBuffonary 45912 Posts user info edit post |
34 5/28/2010 12:58:09 PM |
ALkatraz All American 11299 Posts user info edit post |
Not surprising, Bill. 5/28/2010 12:58:51 PM |
rtc407 All American 6217 Posts user info edit post |
59/70
I'm all about trying to see others' point of view 5/28/2010 1:01:07 PM |
dropdeadkate nerdlord 11725 Posts user info edit post |
17/70
oops 5/28/2010 2:04:34 PM |
SchndlrsFist All American 5528 Posts user info edit post |
41/70
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God All American 28747 Posts user info edit post |
To answer the OP: Yes. 5/28/2010 2:16:48 PM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
62/70 5/28/2010 2:18:47 PM |
tromboner950 All American 9667 Posts user info edit post |
Being that it's a self-evaluation... could it not also mean that older generations are simply less frank about their own personal traits which could be perceived as negative... or in simple terms, less likely to give an accurate-but-negative answer on a quiz?
(assuming that the quiz the news story linked to is the same one used in the research)
[Edited on May 28, 2010 at 2:26 PM. Reason : .] 5/28/2010 2:24:51 PM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
we're from the "greed is good" generation, who here is surprised 5/28/2010 2:27:07 PM |
Shaggy All American 17820 Posts user info edit post |
54.3/70
^greed is eternal 5/28/2010 2:29:49 PM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
Greed is eternal but it was pretty much the 80 that taught us "stop being guilty about it" 5/28/2010 2:30:40 PM |
tromboner950 All American 9667 Posts user info edit post |
Not surprised at all, really.
I am, however, mildly annoyed by how often the new generation is portrayed as somehow inferior or morally bankrupt... rather than portrayed as being just as moral as any other generation, just under a somewhat different system of morality.
Really I'm surprised by how much past generations seem surprised that younger people reject their traditional system of values. Shit, it happens all the time. 5/28/2010 2:33:25 PM |
Shaggy All American 17820 Posts user info edit post |
used up all my care on internet forums. aint got none left for the real world. 5/28/2010 2:36:00 PM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "I am, however, mildly annoyed by how often the new generation is portrayed as somehow inferior or morally bankrupt... rather than portrayed as being just as moral as any other generation, just under a somewhat different system of morality." |
Change the system and anything becomes moral5/28/2010 2:38:30 PM |
tromboner950 All American 9667 Posts user info edit post |
Yeah that was my point. Various cultural norms changing -> changing system -> new established morality.
Or were you just agreeing? 5/28/2010 2:40:51 PM |
IMStoned420 All American 15485 Posts user info edit post |
Liberal faggots and conservative assholes ITT 5/28/2010 2:44:02 PM |
McDanger All American 18835 Posts user info edit post |
i like how liberals are "faggots" in the south, where expressing a "liberal" opinion openly takes more balls 5/28/2010 3:08:13 PM |
ClassicMixup All American 3877 Posts user info edit post |
56/70 points = higher empathy than 70% of participants
stupid quiz 5/28/2010 3:12:23 PM |
Spontaneous All American 27372 Posts user info edit post |
Nah, but my moral credit rating is shit. 5/28/2010 3:16:50 PM |
Joie begonias is my boo 22491 Posts user info edit post |
63/70 points = higher empathy than 90% of participants 5/28/2010 3:20:18 PM |
cain All American 7450 Posts user info edit post |
26. I got some points for being a rational arguer 5/28/2010 3:22:17 PM |
joe_schmoe All American 18758 Posts user info edit post |
45/70 -- lower than 70% of participants.
this test is bullshit. I'm a caring motherfucker. 5/28/2010 3:27:45 PM |
timbo All American 1003 Posts user info edit post |
Must've interviewed a bunch of people who graduated from Charlotte Catholic.... 5/28/2010 5:29:22 PM |
NCSUWolfy All American 12966 Posts user info edit post |
59/70 points = higher empathy than 80% of participants
im a softy, what can i say. i also sometimes feel bad for inanimate objects, bizarro but at least im aware of it and stop myself lol 5/29/2010 1:56:34 AM |
mcfluffle All American 11291 Posts user info edit post |
62/70 5/29/2010 1:57:57 AM |
khcadwal All American 35165 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "im a softy, what can i say. i also sometimes feel bad for inanimate objects, bizarro but at least im aware of it and stop myself lol " |
i do this too! especially when i was little i felt horrible for my stuffed animals that couldn't sleep next to me or fell on the floor at night.
were there any questions on this about animals? i took it but can't remember. i think i am a bigger softy for animals than people. i only got a 53. which is odd because i feel like i'm the biggest softy ever sometimes. guess not 5/29/2010 1:59:46 AM |
NCSUWolfy All American 12966 Posts user info edit post |
no questions ab animals. but i undoubtedly feel 10 times worse for animals than i do for people 5/29/2010 10:31:59 AM |
A Tanzarian drip drip boom 10995 Posts user info edit post |
40/70
Maybe the gov can bail me out. 5/29/2010 10:55:34 AM |
kiljadn All American 44689 Posts user info edit post |
53/70 75.7% higher 5/29/2010 10:57:35 AM |
blasphemour All American 57594 Posts user info edit post |
15/70 - 21.4% 39/70 points = lower empathy than 90% of participants
guess i am the lowest empathic out of everyone alive. 5/29/2010 11:01:33 AM |