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Doing Away with Evil Content General Questions General Questions General Questions General Questions Detailed Study Detailed Study Detailed Study Detailed Study Detailed Study Detailed Study Detailed Study Detailed Study Detailed Study Detailed Study Thank you! * * Issue No. 905 May. 18, 2011 Extra Credit General Questions Detailed Study Discussion Go over the passage in 3 minutes and answer the following questions concerning general comprehension. General Questions Instruction Who is Simon Baron-Cohen? What is his special view to the cause of violence? What did he do to study violence causes? Who is Simon Baron-Cohen? He is a psychology and psychiatry professor in Cambridge University. What is his special view to the cause of violence? he believes people who does awful things are not evil, but ill. They are empathy deficient. What did he do in his field? He wrote books defining components of empathy and set out “empathy spectrum” to study people’s psychology. While you read the passage for the second time, finish the blank filling test concerning Baron-Cohen’s theory. Detailed Study Instruction 1. Violent people are lack of _____ instead of evil. 2. A person’s violence tendency can be improved through______ and ______. 3. Empathy contains two parts –the drive to ______ another person’s thoughts and feelings, and the drive to ______ appropriately to those thoughts and feelings. 4. The ______ of empathy has become a significant global issue. 5. “Empathy circuit” is made up by at least ______ parts of the brain. 6. The score of the “______ ______” test is used to classify people into different levels of empathy, ranging from ______ to ______. 1. Violent people are lack of empathy instead of evil. 2. A person’s violence tendency can be improved through education and treatment. 3. Empathy contains two parts –the drive to identify another person’s thoughts and feelings, and the drive to respond appropriately to those thoughts and feelings. 4. The