Sunday, September 30, 2012
Week 6 ; Ch.2 #3
In this chapter, there is a section called, "Emotional Intelligence and the Positive Effects of Emotion". Emotional intelligence is defined as, "the ability to perceive accurately, appraise and express emotion". A few examples of emotions are: empathy, outrage, love, happiness, and guilt. Sometimes, an inability to communicate our emotions can negatively affect a person's behavior and decisions. For example, if a person is upset, and the person that they're upset with is trying to talk to them to apologize, but they are too upset to even give that person a chance to explain themselves. This could cause friendships to end. Empathy is the ability to enter into and understand the emotions of others. An empathetic person is more open to other people's opinions and thoughts. With this trait, people are able to become better listeners and communicators. Emotions can also help us correct past mistakes. This is because when it's an "in the moment" event, your emotions get the best of you and you might do something that you regret. As time passes, you could realize what you did wrong, and try to correct your mistakes.
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I really enjoyed how you really engaged into the concept of emotional intelligence. I like how you described the emotions and how it effects one's behaviors. I also like how you described the concept of empathy. Being an empathetic person can help one reads one's emotions and interpret how situations go. Being a listener and communicator can really help one resolve a lot of problems in life. I know that in my own personal relationships I have lost and gained friends from not having empathy and having empathy. I also sometimes blow up when situations do not go my way, but when I think about it afterwards everything turn out to be a big misunderstanding.
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Costa