Modeling Empathy

em·pa·thy

ˈempəTHē/

noun

1. the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

According to some studies empathy is on the decline among young people. Recent "research, led by Sara H. Konrath of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and published online in August in Personality and Social Psychology Review, found that college students’ self-reported empathy has declined since 1980, with an especially steep drop in the past 10 years." 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-me-care/ 

For this post:

1. research what is contributing to this phenomena. READ THE SOURCE and summarize it for us. You must also include a link. -5 without a link to the source. 
2. Also discuss briefly these questions: Why empathy is important? What are the potential consequences of a world with less empathy? 

Here is one way a student changed his entire school: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=PIHtuKc3Gjg

FSU football player changes 11 year old autistic boy's life: http://time.com/4474258/florida-state-football-boy-lunch-autism/ Video is short please read article as well.

Hidden emotions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDDWvj_q-o8