Quotes About Emotional Intelligence

Quotes About Emotional Intelligence History and Biographies Print Quotes About Emotional Intelligence By Kendra Cherry facebook twitter Kendra Cherry, MS, is an author, educational consultant, and speaker focused on helping students learn about psychology. Learn about our editorial policy Kendra Cherry Updated on June 18, 2018 Westend61 / Getty Images More in Psychology History and Biographies Psychotherapy Basics Student Resources Theories Phobias Emotions Sleep and Dreaming What do researchers and psychologists have to say about emotional intelligence? Psychologists have proposed a variety of definitions, discussed the potential benefits, and offered critical analysis of differing theoretical models. The following quotes are just a sampling of what has been written on the topic of emotional intelligence. If youre curious as to your Emotional Intelligence quotient or EQ, this quiz will tell you. Defining Emotional Intelligence 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 headâ€"it is the unique intersection of both.” From (“Emotional What?”) Freedman et al.: Emotional Intelligence is a way of recognizing, understanding, and choosing how we think, feel, and act. It shapes our interactions with others and our understanding of ourselves. It defines how and what we learn; it allows us to set priorities; it determines the majority of our daily actions. Research suggests it is responsible for as much as 80% of the success in our lives. From Handle With Care: Emotional Intelligence Activity Book Salovey Mayer: “We define emotional intelligence as the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor ones own and others feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide ones thinking and actions.” From “Emotional Intelligence,” 1990 Mayer Cobb: “The ability to process emotional information, particularly as it involves the perception, assimilation, understanding, and management of emotion. From Educational policy on emotional intelligence: Does it make sense?, 2000 The Importance of Emotional Intelligence John Gottman: In the last decade or so, science has discovered a tremendous amount about the role emotions play in our lives. Researchers have found that even more than IQ, your emotional awareness and abilities to handle feelings will determine your success and happiness in all walks of life, including family relationships. From Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child McCown et al: Experiencing ones self in a conscious mannerâ€"that is, gaining self-knowledgeâ€"is an integral part of learning. From Self-Science: The Emotional Intelligence Curriculum Salovey, Mayer, Goldman, Turvey, and Palfai: People in good moods are better at inductive reasoning and creative problem solving. From Emotion, Disclosure, and Health, 1995 John D. Mayer: An emotion occurs when there are certain biological, certain experiential, and certain cognitive states which all occur simultaneously. From EQ Today, Spring 1999 Mayer Salovey: People high in emotional intelligence are expected to progress more quickly through the abilities designated and to master more of them. From “What is Emotional Intelligence” in Emotional Development and Emotional Intelligence: Educational Implications, by Peter Salovey and David Sluyter. 1997 Criticisms of Emotional Intelligence Research Hans Eysenck on Goleman’s work: [he] exemplifies more clearly than most the fundamental absurdity of the tendency to class almost any type of behaviour as an intelligence…If these five abilities define emotional intelligence, we would expect some evidence that they are highly correlated; Goleman admits that they might be quite uncorrelated, and in any case if we cannot measure them, how do we know they are related? So the whole theory is built on quicksand; there is no sound scientific basis. From Intelligence: A New Look, 2000 The Future of Emotional Intelligence Peter Salovey: “I think in the coming decade we will see well-conducted research demonstrating that emotional skills and competencies predict positive outcomes at home with one’s family, in school, and at work. The real challenge is to show that emotional intelligence matters over-and-above psychological constructs that have been measured for decades like personality and IQ. I believe that emotional intelligence holds this promise. From “Emotional What?” EQ Today