David Caruso: “It is very important to understand that emotional intelligence is not the opposite of intelligence, it is not the triumph of heart over head -- it is the unique intersection of both.”
Emotional intelligence is the ability to use emotions to enhance thought. The higher the emotional intelligence, the better the social relations. In a addition to that, it improves the individuals social effectiveness. It is presented in four different branches:
- Perceiving Emotions: The first step in understanding emotions is to accurately perceive them. In many cases, this might involve understanding nonverbal signals such as body language and facial expressions.
- Reasoning With Emotions: The next step involves using emotions to promote thinking and cognitive activity. Emotions help prioritise what we pay attention and react to; we respond emotionally to things that garner 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.
Learning about emotional intelligence and training our students to use it effectively would eventually lead them to become better thinkers and decision makers as the studies done on emtional intelligence have proved.
ReplyDeleteYes, teaching them how to use it helps them to build their own awareness, and allow them to think beyond their own thinking, and this is a higher level of thinking that is really to emphasize on.
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