This discussion concludes by exploring how empathy develops. This can result in people with extremely high empathy and extremely low empathy. Where do you fall on the spectrum of empathy? Consider that wherever you, you can be somehwere else on this spectrum. 

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Links and References: 

1. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/empathy
2. Luciano, et al. (2020). Perspective taking, empathy, and compassion. In Applied Behavior Analysis of Language and Cognition (Fryling et al, Eds). Oakland, CA: Context Press
3. Wilson, D. S., & Hayes, S. C. (2018). Evolution and contextual behavior science. Oakland, CA: Context Press. 
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5. Skinner, B. F. (1974). About behaviorism. New York, NY: Random House.
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7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6169872/
8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10427576/#:~:text=Several%20studies%20showed%20that%20adults,develop%20alexithymia%20and%20low%20empathy.
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10. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-88174-004
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12. https://uktherapyguide.com/empathy-disorder-what-is-it-symptoms-and-how-to-overcome-it
13. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/apr/29/confessions-of-a-hyper-empath
14. https://www.verywellmind.com/hyper-empathy-in-autism-8426957
15. https://www.theedgetreatment.com/hyper-empathy-disorder-what-happens-when-you-feel-too-much/
16. https://www.psychalive.org/empaths/
17. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/living-finesse/202202/the-challenges-being-empath

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