EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

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Emotional Intelligence (EI), often measured as an Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ), is a term that describes the ability, capacity, or skill or (in the case of the trait EI model) a self perceived ability, to identify, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, or others, and of groups.

Origins of the concept

The most distant roots of emotional intelligence can be traced to Darwin's early work on the importance of emotional expression for survival and second adaption. In the 1900s, even though traditional definitions of intelligence emphasized cognitive aspects such as memory and problem-solving, several influential researchers in the intelligence field of study had begun to recognize the importance of the non-cognitive aspects. For instance, as early as 1920, E.L. Thorndike used the term social intelligence to describe the skill of understanding and managing other people.

Similarly, in 1940 David Wechsler described the influence of non-intellective factors on intelligent behavior, and further argued that our models of intelligence would not complete until we can adequately describe these factors.

The first use of the term “Emotional Intelligence” is usually attributed to Wayne Payne's doctoral thesis. A Study of Emoiton: Developing Emotional Intelligence from 1985. However, prior to this, the term “emotional intelligence” had appeared in Leuner (1966). Greenspan (1989) also put forward an El model, followed by Salovey and Mayer (1990) and Coleman (1995).

The publication of Daniel Coleman's best seller Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ that the term [emotional intelligence] became widely popularized.

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