HDFS 1060 Lecture 19: Middle Childhood and Peers

• School: UConn
• Department: Human Development and Family Studies
• Course: HDFS 1060
• Professor: Ronald Sabatelli

Document Summary

Middle childhood and peers (focus on emotional intelligence and moral development) Emotional intelligence is the ability to identify and manage your own emotions and the emotions of others. People who have the capacity to regulate emotions and behavior. Personal competence, comprises your self-awareness and self-management skills, which focus more on you individually than on your interactions with other people. Personal competence is your ability to stay aware of your emotions and manage your behavior and tendencies. People with high emotional intelligence, as they get anxious are able to notice that they are getting anxious and they have the awareness to know they are anxious and then manage it. *self-awareness is your ability to accurately perceive your emotions and stay aware of them as they happen. Ability to know and realize you are anxious. *self-management is your ability to use awareness of your emotions to stay flexible and positively direct your behavior.