what does emotional intelligence mean?

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can anyone make sense of this? from what I've gathered it's just a made up term with no meaning to comfort women cause they're not as smart as men at math and science. ex: she failed her chemistry, biology and calculus exams but she showed a great emotional intelligence when she cried afterward

nameless · Answer

What does emotional intelligence mean?

~~~ Shall we begin by defining 'emotion'?
Do you know what it is?
'Feelings' are 'thoughts'!
'Emotion' is the physical manifestation of 'feelings'!
The tears from a strong feeling is 'emotion', the 'laughter' can be emotion.

Intelligence seem to me to mean the understanding to identigy a 'feeling/emotion' for what it is.
Intelligence is doing that and just because some passing feeling makes you uncomfortable, it doesn't mean that you need to jump up and "do something (to someone or something) about it"!
It is just a passing thought, you don't have to attack and defend...
That is intelligence.
To punch someone, for instance, because your 'feelings' just got hurt is 'emotional ignorance'!

Prasad · Answer

"All learning has an emotional base."
-- Plato

Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive, control and evaluate emotions. Some researchers suggest that emotional intelligence can be learned and strengthened, while others claim it is an inborn characteristic.

Since 1990, Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer have been the leading researchers on emotional intelligence. In their influential article "Emotional Intelligence," they defined emotional intelligence as, "the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them and to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions" (1990).

http://psychology.about.com/od/personalitydevelopment/a/emotionalintell.htm

http://psychcentral.com/lib/what-is-emotional-intelligence-eq/0001037

http://psychology.about.com/od/intelligence/fl/IQ-or-EQ-Which-One-Is-More-Important.htm

John · Answer

Emotional intelligence can be defined as the ability to monitor one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior.

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Anonymous · Answer

They are more intuitive, they are more understanding of peoples emotions rather than their intellect...

Men are usually seen as the opposite, concrete and discrete thinkers

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