Outgroup Empathy: The Study Of Honesty

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Although it may seem hard to believe, it is fairly difficult to develop empathy for those who do not belong a part of our own ingroup. Outgroup empathy can be analyzed through a study conducted by Dr. Judith Arroyo in which a group of non-Hispanic White psychotherapists was shown two mock interview videos. Each video was identical in that they each depicted a woman, roughly in her 30s, with depression and other signs of social problems due to family troubles. In the first video, interestingly, the woman was portrayed as a non-Hispanic White woman with a typical English accent, and the same woman was portrayed with a darkened skin tone and Hispanic accent when speaking English. The study’s focus was to assess the influence of ethnicity on the

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