EMPATHY IS THE CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND OR FEEL WHAT ANOTHER PERSON IS EXPERIENCING FROM WITHIN THE OTHER PERSON'S FRAME OF REFERENCE, I.E., THE CAPACITY TO PLACE ONESELF IN ANOTHER'S POSITION.[1] THERE ARE MANY DEFINITIONS FOR EMPATHY THAT ENCOMPASS A BROAD RANGE OF EMOTIONAL STATES. TYPES OF EMPATHY INCLUDE COGNITIVE EMPATHY, EMOTIONAL EMPATHY, AND SOMATIC EMPATHY; COMPASSION AND SYMPATHY ARE TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH EMPATHY. DEFINITIONS VARY, CONTRIBUTING TO THE CHALLENGE OF DEFINING EMPATHY. COMPASSION IS OFTEN DEFINED AS AN EMOTION WE FEEL WHEN OTHERS ARE IN NEED, WHICH MOTIVATES US TO HELP THEM. SYMPATHY IS A FEELING OF CARE AND UNDERSTANDING FOR SOMEONE IN NEED. SOME INCLUDE IN SYMPATHY AN EMPATHIC CONCERN, A FEELING OF CONCERN FOR ANOTHER, IN WHICH SOME SCHOLARS INCLUDE THE WISH TO SEE THEM BETTER OFF OR HAPPIER.