What are the Definitions of Emotional Intelligence?
“Emotional Intelligence” is a complex term with many definitions. This is in part because scientists have yet to agree upon a universally accepted definition for the term, “emotion.” To illustrate, the term “affect” often substitutes “emotion” in cognitive-affective science literature — because it is more scientific, and less associated with folk psychology. But even though emotional intelligence is a complex term (and controversial to some), we have a basic (perhaps intuitive) understanding of what it means. In the words of Steve Hein from EQI.org (EQ meaning Emotional Intelligence Quotient): Emotional intelligence is the innate potential to feel, use, communicate, recognize, remember, describe, identify, learn from, manage, understand and explain emotions. This definition makes it clear that the intelligence belongs to the person who is emotionally intelligent — not to the emotions themselves. But what if the emotions are intelligent? If we look at the term “emotional intelligence” f
