7 Emotional Intelligence
7 Emotional Intelligence
7 Emotional Intelligence
five components
of emotional
intelligence
EQ
Emotional Intelligence, as a psychological theory,
was developed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer.
1. Self-awareness
2. Self-regulation
3. Internal motivation.
4. Empathy.
5. Social skills.
Self-awareness. The ability to recognize and
understand personal moods and emotions and
drives, as well as their effect on others.
Hallmarks* of self-awareness include self-
confidence, realistic self-assessment, and a
self-deprecating sense of humor. Self-
awareness depend on one's ability to monitor
one's own emotion state and to correctly
identify and name one's emotions.
Self-
awareness
[*A hallmark is a sure sign: since self-
awareness is necessary for, say, realistic self-
assessment, that is, without self-awareness
no realistic self-assessment, the presence of
of realistic self-assessment is a sure sign
(sufficient to conclude that there is) self-
awareness.]
Self-regulation
• Content –
interesting content,
subject-matter or
topic
• Methodology –
diverse variation of
effective (teaching)
methods
Empathy vs Sympathy
Empathy is an ability to understand the emotional makeup
of other people. A skill in treating people according to
their emotional reactions. Hallmarks include expertise in
building and retaining talent, cross-cultural sensitivity,
and service to clients and customers.
Mirror Neurons.
It is important to note that empathy does not necessarily
imply compassion. Empathy can be 'used' for
compassionate or cruel behavior. Serial killers who marry
and kill many partners in a row tend to have great
emphatic skills!
• Proficiency in managing
relationships and building
networks, and
• an ability to find common
ground and build rapport.
• Hallmarks of social skills
include effectiveness in
leading change,
persuasiveness, and
expertise building and
leading teams.
Decision-making - procrastination
• https://web.sonoma.edu/users/s/swijtink/teaching/philosophy_1
01/paper1/goleman.htm
Links on Emotional Intelligence:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_intelligence
http://www.unh.edu/emotional_intelligence/
http://www.edge.org/q2005/q05_print.html#goleman
http://www.eiconsortium.org/
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