Can you learn Empathy?

[panton41]

Where might Sociology fall into the mix? I've always considered it more or less "psychology applied to large groups of people" which has been proved many times isn't the same as when psychology is applied to individuals or even small groups. (Of course where "small group" ends and "large group" begins is very vague and an apartment building might be considered a "small group" in one case where an equal population neighborhood might be "large" in another.)