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Assignment:

Cognitive complexity is the capacity for abstract thought, various viewpoint considerations, and critical and unbiased thought. The capacity to think abstractly, to take into consideration a variety of perspectives, and to think critically and objectively are all components of cognitive complexity. The capacity for empathy is the capacity to comprehend and experience another person's feelings. It is being able to empathize with another person and understand how they are feeling by putting yourself in their position and feeling what another person is experiencing is what we mean when we talk about empathy.

Please respond to this student's answer on Cognitive complexity & Empathy ; in what ways can you agree and can you relate? Give an example as to how:

"The difference between Empathy and Cognitive Complexity is that when you empathize you are putting yourself in someone's shoes, but when one uses cognitive complexity is to not wear their shoes, instead they analyze the type of shoe and dictate the levels of comfort and breathability the shoes have. It involves multiple points of view compared to empathy which involves one. Empathy tends to be purely based on compassion while cognitive complexity tends to include compassion but it also involves problem-solving. They both have one thing in common, they both achieve the goal of trying to understand ones problems".