Anger in general reduces empathy Perceiving outgroups as not human reduces empathy, e.g. fascist propaganda Compassion to a person or animal who is suffering can cause severe anger toward a person or group we believe causes them to suffer, which reduces empathy
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I don't think that empathy (as a sense for the emotional state of another person) is as important as positive identification; some sociopaths are highly empathetic
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Hard to elicit in the lab!
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But only because most psychology undergrads are unconditionally nice people
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