Do you have “cognitive” or “affective” empathy?

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A team of researchers, led by Robert Eres, from Monash University in Australia, have identified that people have physically different brains depending on the type of empathy they have.

I do not find this surprising at all. I believe that who we are is much more hard-wired than most of us realize.

So the question is: Are you a rational or emotional decision maker?

If you are emotional, you have affective empathy. If you are rational, you are a cognitive empathy.

When I sum up a person in front of me when assessing people, this is one element I look for immediately.  People wear how they make decision on their face.

Why is this important for me?  Because if you are telling me something, I will know how reliable you are by the type of decisions you make (rational or emotional).  Emotions cloud judgement and will affect one’s ability to see things clearly and that matters when getting to the truth!

Rachel Dolezal

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Rachel Dolezal gives me great pause, and I cringe when people say we should look at the good she did and ignore the bad.

Rachel is a manipulative person who seeks attention and limelight, and will lie to get it.

She will tell serious lies to get it.

I do not believe Rachel did what she did for the good of society or for the NAACP, but rather it was only to further her own agenda.

She isn’t even taking responsibility for the lies she told, and goes so far as to essentially expresses that she has been treated inhumanely.

Rachel has filed many complaints with the police claiming not only hate crimes, but she also sued the university that she attended in 2002 claiming discrimination based on race, pregnancy, family responsibilities and gender. And I don’t believe at that time she was claiming to be black.

She is simply out for attention and nothing more. Don’t let her fool you.

 

Duggars Refuse DHS at Door

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MSN is reporting that on May 27, the Department of Human Services (DHS) was called to check on one of the minor Duggar children, and when they went to the Duggar home, the Duggars refused access and wouldn’t cooperate.  DHS was then required to call the police for assistance.

InTouch magazine, according to MSN, says this is a repeat of what happened in 2006.

On June 4, 2015, I wrote that I did not believe the Duggars were telling us the truth and a lot has become public since this time strongly indicating the Duggars want you to believe things that are simply untrue.

You don’t hide when you tell the truth.

Amber Peat’s Parents Plead for Her

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In the video above, the parents of 13-year old Amber Peat plead for her return.   They came back from a family holiday on Friday, and Saturday afternoon  Amber had a disagreement over chores and left the house.  She was sadly found hanged three days later approximately a mile from the family home, according to news reports.

A reader has asked me to look at the parents to see if I see anything of concern.

When I watch the parents, I see anguish and pain, which can support both sides of the equation here. It could support involvement or non-involvement.  Outside of that, I only see one area I would like to probe to understand the situation better. I wouldn’t necessarily call it a red flag, but something I’d like to get clarification on.

If anyone sees any other interviews with the parents, please let me know.

My heart goes out to Amber’s family.

The Duggars and Molestation

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I haven’t seen all of the video of the Duggars speaking out on Fox News with Megan Kelly. I haven’t even followed this story, but reading about it this morning due to the requests of readers, I am totally flagged by the story being told.

The Duggars are saying that Josh came to them and admitted he was touching his younger siblings at night.

What?

Does that even sound plausible?

The concept that Josh knew his behavior was wrong and decided to tell his parents does not seem realistic to me.  Most teenagers who engage in any sexual behavior don’t go and confess it to their parents.  IF they realize it is wrong, they would simply stop and hope the discussion never comes up.

I do not believe we are getting the truth here at all.

I am further concerned that Jill is saying that the girls didn’t even know they were touched or that it was inappropriate, and yet Jim Bob says, “This was like touching somebody over their clothes. There were a couple instances where he touched them under their clothes.”

So the girls didn’t know they were touched under their clothes?

Please.

And a babysitter was also affected, but you notice there is no talk of that at all.

I don’t believe Josh came forward and that his parents were just good citizens and turned him into police and got counseling. I believe there is a lot more to this story, and I feel for the Duggar children who are being shown that honesty is not the best policy.

Don’t get me wrong, I feel for any parent who has to deal with a challenging situation like this, but please parents, if you are going to talk, which you do not have to do, tell the truth or don’t speak at all. You are setting a horrible example for your children.