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Practice Listening: Highlight Correct Summary ID: #4254 Long Empathy

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Empathy is old, but empathy, like everything else in life, comes on a sliding scale and has its elaboration. So there's basic empathy: you feel sad, it makes me sad. I see you happy, it makes me happy. Then there's something that I call sympathy, a little more removed: "I'm sorry to hear that your grandmother has just passed away. I don't feel that same grief, but I get it; I know what you feel and it concerns me." And then if we're motivated to act on sympathy, I call that compassion. Far from being the thing that makes us human, human empathy is far from perfect. We round up empathic creatures, we kill them and we eat them. Now, maybe you say OK, well, those are different species. That's just predation, and humans are predators. But we don't treat our own kind too well either. People who seem to know only one thing about animal behavior know that you must never attribute human thoughts and emotions to other species. Well, I think that's silly, because attributing human thoughts and emotions to other species is the best first guess about what they're doing and how they're feeling, because their brains are basically the same as ours. They have the same structures. The same hormones that create mood and motivation in us are in those brains as well.

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Studying animal behavior is the best way to know about human thoughts and emotions. As when compared to other species, we can understand what makes humans the most successful predator among all species. Attributing human thoughts and emotions to other species is the best first guess we can have to know about what the animals are doing and how they're feeling, because their brains are basically the same as ours. There are several levels of empathy - like basic empathy, sympathy and compassion. Human empathy is not what it should be, as we do not attribute human thoughts and emotions to animal behavior. Despite them having almost similar brains. Humans are an odd species, they have empathy, which like everything else in life, comes on a sliding scale and has its elaboration. This is what makes one sad knowing when somebody else's grandmother passes away.

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Option 1: "Studying animal behavior is the best way to know about human thoughts and emotions. As when compared to other species, we can understand what makes humans the most successful predator among all species."
Explanation: This option incorrectly emphasizes studying animal behavior as the primary means to understand human thoughts and emotions. The text does mention human predation, but it does not support the idea that this study is the best way to understand human success as predators. Instead, the text focuses on the levels of empathy and the relationship between human and animal emotions.
Option 2: "Attributing human thoughts and emotions to other species is the best first guess we can have to know about what the animals are doing and how they're feeling, because their brains are basically the same as ours."
Explanation: While this option captures part of the text's message about attributing human emotions to animals, it misses the broader context of empathy levels discussed in the text. The main idea revolves around the different levels of empathy and how human empathy is flawed, rather than solely focusing on animal behavior.
Option 3: "There are several levels of empathy - like basic empathy, sympathy and compassion. Human empathy is not what it should be, as we do not attribute human thoughts and emotions to animal behavior. Despite them having almost similar brains."
Explanation: This option accurately summarizes the text by outlining the different levels of empathy: basic empathy, sympathy, and compassion. It also reflects the author's critique of human empathy, noting that humans often fail to attribute emotions to animals, despite the similarities in brain structure. This encapsulates the main ideas presented in the text.
Option 4: "Humans are an odd species, they have empathy, which like everything else in life, comes on a sliding scale and has its elaboration. This is what makes one sad knowing when somebody else's grandmother passes away."
Explanation: This option presents a narrow view of empathy by focusing on the sadness associated with another's loss. While it mentions the sliding scale of empathy, it does not encompass the full range of empathy levels discussed in the text, nor does it address the critique of human empathy's shortcomings.

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