- is a master aptitude, a capacity that

profoundly affects all other abilities, either

facilitating or interfering with them.
- Daniel Goleman
- It refers to one’s capacity to
recognize, manage and evaluate
emotions.
- Leading researchers on emotions that
described emotional intelligence in their
influential article “Emotional
Intelligence” as “the subset of social
intelligence that involves the ability the
monitor one’s own and other’s feelings
and emotions, to discriminate among
them, and to use this information to
guide one’s thinking and actions.”
1.Adept in recognizing their own feelings
(self-awareness)
2.Skilled in regulating their emotions
(self-management)
3.Considerate of the emotional energies of
other individuals (social awareness)
4.Able to deal with the emotions
intelligence of a person ( social skills)
 These proficiencies are quantified in
identifying the emotional quotient (EQ) of a
person.

EMOTIONAL QUOTIENT – measures the

emotional intelligence of a person.
 A BRIEF
HISTORY OF
The following excerpt from psychology expert Kendra Cherry
(2015) chronicles the study of emotional intelligence:
1930s - American psychologist Edward Thorndike
presented the notion of “social intelligence” as one’s capacity to
deal well with other individuals.

1940s - David Wechsler, a leading American psychologist,

stated that the emotional aspects of intelligence may be
indispensable to one’s success in life.
1950s – ways by which individuals can develop
emotional stamina were communicated by humanistic
psychologists such as Abraham Maslow.

1975 – Howard Gardner, an American

developmental psychologist, published the Shattered
Mind, which presented the idea of multiple
intelligence.
1985 – Wayne Payne, initiated the
use of the phrase “emotional intelligence” in his
doctoral work titled “A study of Emotion:
Developing Intelligence; Self-Integration; Relating to
Fear, pain, and Desire (Theory, structure of reality,
problem- solving, contraction/expansion, tuning in/
coming out/ letting go.)”
1987 - The phrase “emotional quotient” was
thought to have first appeared in an article
published in Mensa Magazine authored by
Keith Beasley. Israeli psychologist
Reuven Bar-On, however, claims to have utilized
the phrase in his unpublished graduated thesis.
 1990 - a breakthrough article titled
“Emotional Intelligence” was launched by
Peter Salovey and John
Mayer, who are both psychologists. The
article was published in the journal
Imagination, Cognition, an Personality.
1995 - Daniel Goleman
propagated the notion of emotional
intelligence in his masterpiece Emotional
Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More
Than IQ.
EMOTIONS
AND
THEIR BLENDS
EMOTIONS
- may be generally classified as
positive and negative, although they
come in varying intensities.
 INTENSE FEELINGS AND
CORRESPONDING COMBINATIONS:

ANGER -
irritation, rage, ire,
wrath
LOVE – affection,
passion, fondness, devotion,
adoration
SHAME –
embarrassment, dishonor,
indignity, infancy, disgrace
 FEAR – dread, horror, panic,
alarm, distress, fright

ENJOYMENT –
delight, amusement,
satisfaction
 SADNESS – unhappiness,
melancholy, dejection, desolation

SURPRISE –
disbelief, marvel,
incredulity
COMPONENTS OF
INTENSE FEELINGS or
EMOTIONS
To have a full grasp of the nature of intense feelings, it is essential
to be aware of its three elements:

1.SUBJECTIVE COMPONENT – the manner

by which people personally and internally relate with emotion.

2.PHYSIOLOGICAL COMPONENT –
bodily response to emotion
3. EXPRESSIVE
COMPONENT - the way
by which individuals respond to
emotions