 Noddings believes that it would be a mistake to try to provide a systematic examination of the requirements for caring; nevertheless, she does suggest three requirements for caring ("Caring" 1984, 11-12).She argues that the carer ("one-caring") must exhibit engrossment and motivational displacement, and the person who is cared for ("cared-for") must respond in some way to the caring (1984, 69).Noddings' term "engrossment" refers to thinking about someone in order to gain a greater understanding of him or her.