PSY BEH 11C Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Twin Study
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Textbook used: psychology 8th - gleitman, gloss, reisburg. The ability to understand one"s own and others" emotions and. The ability to control one"s emotions when appropriate. Bad decisions caused by imbalance between emotion and logic. Perceiving emotions: recognizing the emotions (ex: you can tell when a friend is tense)-first part of emotional intelligence to develop. Understanding emotions: associating actions/messages with an emotion, including the use of language to describe emotions. Facilitating emotions: emotions prioritize our thinking, use emotions to facilitate thinking and reasoning (ex: feel good, keep going; feel bad, you need to make a change) Managing emotions: ability to promote certain types of behavior with emotions and using them to your advantage (ex: display rule- when it"s appropriate to smile) Tend to be more successful in social situations if you score well. Judged to create a more positive atmosphere at work. More desirable work partners if scored higher on msceit. The schutte self-report inventory of emotional intelligence (ssri)