Over the past 40 years, a growing body of research in the fields of psychology, neuroscience and economics has identified a framework of cognitive and emotional competencies that have come to be known as emotional intelligence. Also known as “E.I.” or “EQ,” emotional intelligence as a term was first described as “a form 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 action.” Emotional intelligence has more recently been broadly defined as a person’s ability to manage herself and her relationships with others, so that she can live her intentions. Thus, E.I. is different than memory and different than problem-solving, which were some of the first aspects of intelligence to be identified by early psychologists.

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