Feeling Smart: The Science of Emotional Intelligence A new idea in psychologi/ has matured and shows promise of explaining how attending to emotions can help us in everyday life
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O the past decade almost everyone tuned in to American popular culture has heard the term emotional ink'ltigena'. As a new concept, emotional intelligence has been a hit: It has been the subject of several books, including a best seller, and myriad talk-show discussions and seminars for schools and organizations. Today you can hire a coach to help you raise your "EQ," your emotional quotient—or your child's. Despite (or perhaps because of) its high public profile, emotional intelligence has attracted considerable scientific criticism. Some of the controversy arises from the fact that popular and scientific definitions of emotional intelligence differ sharply. In addition, measuring emotional intelligence has not been easy. Despite these difficulties, research on emotional intelligence has managed to sustain itself and in fact shows considerable promise as a serious iine of scientific inquiry. It turns out that emotional intelligence can indeed be measured, as a set of
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