Concept of Empathy and its Methods of Measurement. A Critique : Grin Verlag : 9783346336262 : 3346336263 : 01 Mar 2021 : Scientific Essay from the year 2020 in the subject Psychology - Personality Psychology, grade: A+, language: English, abstract: This work deals with the concept of empathy and critique of tests that are used to measure this concept. The exact definition of the construct of empathy has been a subject of debate ever since the term was coined by Edward Titchener in 1909. He used the older German concept of "Einfühlung", which meant projecting one's feelings onto an external object. In other words, getting somebody to feel what one is currently feeling. Titchener's concept of empathy was broader, including the awareness of another person's affective state, which includes their thoughts and emotions; as well as sharing other peoples' feelings. Another theorist, Edmund Husserl, defined empathy as putting oneself into the shoes of another person. However, George Herbert Mea