Date of Award:
5-1976
Document Type:
Thesis
Degree Name:
Master of Science (MS)
Department:
Psychology
Committee Chair(s)
David R. Stone
Committee
David R. Stone
Committee
William R. Dobson
Committee
J. Whorton Allen
Abstract
The specific objective of this research was to determine the effectiveness of training on understanding empathy in the teacher training process.
Subjects were Utah State University students enrolled in Elementary Education during winter quarter 1976. The experimental group was composed of 34 subjects and the control group of 27 subjects.
Both groups were administered a pretest. The experimental group then received the treatment which consisted of a training program designed to help them to be able to (1) define, (2) recognize instances of, and (3) to emit empathic behavior. At the conclusion of the training program both the experimental and the control groups were administered a posttest.
A hypothesis of significant difference was formulated stating there would be a significant difference between posttest scores of the experimental and control groups on a measure of empathic understanding.
Results of the study indicate that in fact a significant difference was found as a result of the experimental treatment.
On the criteria measured, the empathy training program did have a significant effect on the emitted empathic behavior of the subjects in the treatment group.
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Recommended Citation
Jessen, John Bruce, "The Effectiveness of Training for Empathy in Pre-Service Teacher Education" (1976). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023. 5775.
https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/5775
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