EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

Emotional Intelligence

Emotional Intelligence

Introduction

The purpose of the study is to discuss Emotional Intelligence and its relation with Cognitive Intelligence. Emotional intelligence is very low among the factors cited academic and professional success. The works of renowned researchers show that it has as much effect as cognitive intelligence. It is not innate: it develops, is learned and reinforced with life experiences. In short, in the responses, we can certainly have differing views as defensible as any prism is our sociological, political, organizational, religious or otherwise.

This form of intelligence has dominated or ruled our representation for over a century and has been a beacon for science and social science teaching and organizational, including the famous IQ or IQ that measured our intelligence. This has two serious consequences. The first is the reduction of the reality of the complexity of the person to an exclusive form of intelligence, ignoring the contribution of other types of intelligence. The second consequence is the creation of a false reality hierarchical, educational level and company level.

Difference between Cognitive and Emotional Intelligence

The term "Emotional Intelligence" refers to the ability to recognize our own feelings and those of others. Emotional intelligence is specified in a wide range of skills and personality traits including empathy, expression and understanding of feelings, independence, and adaptability, ability to solve problems, social skills and persistence (Cote, S. and Miners, C.T.H, 2006).

There are two precise approaches to emotional intelligence. The first, based on the original Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer (1990) conceptualization, is termed the abilities model. This model views emotional intelligence as composed of four sets of skills: (1) managing emotions to attain goals, (2) understanding emotions, (3) using emotions to facilitate thinking, and (4) perceiving and interpreting emotions accurately in oneself and others. Early work by Salovey, Mayer, and their colleagues focused on substantiating emotional intelligence as a true form of intelligence in the same sense as verbal/academic intelligence. The abilities model is assessed through performance-based tests, the most recent version of which is the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT).

The second approach to emotional intelligence is the mixed model and includes elements of emotional skill/competence; related personality characteristics, such as empathy, self-esteem, optimism, stress tolerance/hardiness; and elements of interpersonal skill, such as assertiveness. The mixed model is represented in the popular press and by measurement instruments and research by Reuven Bar-On (1997) and others. Measurement of the diverse model of emotional intelligence ...