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 =====Emotional Contagion===== =====Emotional Contagion=====
  
-Affective empathy can come from cognative empathy, but can also come from direct transfer of emotions - "emotional contagion". This is important for social identity and group dynamics - eg. a herd needing to react quickly to the presence of a predator, which may only be spotted by a few individuals.+Affective empathy can come from cognitive empathy, but can also come from direct transfer of emotions - "emotional contagion". This is important for social identity and group dynamics - eg. a herd needing to react quickly to the presence of a predator, which may only be spotted by a few individuals.
  
 Emotional contagion may result in different immediate responses in more complex situations, such as 'gloating'. Emotional contagion may result in different immediate responses in more complex situations, such as 'gloating'.
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