WEEK 4:

DQ1Q: In this week's readings the author discusses emotional intelligence, a concept which measures people's ability to understand emotions as well as express them appropriately. As you have learned, this ability is crucial to communicating effectively in interpersonal relationships.

One of the major components to having emotional intelligence is being able to empathize with others. First, describe in your own words what it means to have empathy. Second, share an example of a time when you found it difficult to empathize with someone else. How did you handle the situation? What could you have done differently to empathize with them?

DQ1A: Empathy is one's ability to be able to find a way to relate or understand the emotions of another person. If I were an unemotional person, I...