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Peter Salovey & John Mayer & Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions, some scientists believe it can be learned and controlled, while other believe it is an inborn characteristic. Peter Salovey and John Mayer began researching emotional intelligence in 1990, they define it as "the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and other's feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions."
In this video, Daniel Goleman explains the four different aspects of emotional intelligence.
In this video, Daniel Goleman explains the four different aspects of emotional intelligence.
These four aspects explained are:
- Perceiving Emotions: The first step in understanding emotions is to accurately perceive them, this involves understanding nonverbal signals like body language and facial expressions.
- Reasoning with Emotions: Involves using emotions to promote thinking and cognitive activity, emotions help prioritize what we pay attention and react to, we respond emotionally to things that capture our attention.
- Understanding Emotions: The emotions that we perceive can carry a wide variety of meanings, if someone is expressing angry emotions, the observer must interpret the cause of their anger and what it might mean.
- Managing Emotions: The ability to manage emotions effectively is a key part of emotional intelligence; regulating emotions, responding appropriately and responding to the emotions of others are all important aspect of emotional management.
Text Source:
http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/emotionalintell.htm
http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/emotionalintell.htm