Psychology of Emotions

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Psychology of Emotions
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7/15/2019

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Emotional Intelligence
In this context, emotions are the part of the secret life of the brain. In psychology, an
emotion can be referred to as a complex state of feeling which results in psychological and
physical changes that impact thought and behaviour of the human beings to a large extent.
For example, according to author David G. Meyers, emotions of human always involve
physiological arousal, expressive behaviours, along with the conscious experience (Lee &
Gu, 2013). In addition to that, emotions exercise incredibly powerful energy upon human
behaviours. It is the well aware fact that strong emotions may cause one to take actions they
might not usually do or to avert situations one enjoys (Barrett, 2017). In this context, many
researchers, philosophers, as well as psychologists have suggested their different theories for
explaining the how and why behind human being emotions. In this way, this paper will
discuss and define emotional intelligence (EQ) in the light of empirical research for
answering some major questions about EQ in relation to psychology (Serrat, 2017).
In general, EQ the capacity to be alert of, control, as well as express an individual’s
emotions, while handling interpersonal relations empathetically and judiciously. In other
words, it can be said that EQ is the ability of an individual for recognizing their
own emotions along with those of others while discerning amid different feelings and label
them correctly. EQ uses emotional info to guide thinking and behavior, for managing and
adjusting emotions in order to adapt to environs or achieve their personal and professional
goals. There are some important models which describe EQ as follows:
 Trait Model
 Mixed Model
 Ability Model (Gravagna, 2018).
Apart from this, there are five main characteristics or elements of EQ include social
skills, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and self-awareness. These are also known as
signs of high EQ in an individual. In other words, EQ is also an act of understanding self and
others’ emotions at the same time or separately. When a person uses their emotions to handle
the situations effectively and efficiently then he or she is known as an emotionally intelligent
person (Feather, 2009). In this way, the definition of EQ can be referred as using,

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understanding, managing and perceiving emotions at the same time for tackling the real-life
situation better is known as EQ. the five components discussed above are known as
competencies of EQ which are often categorized into two major parts include relational and
personal competence.
Source: (Feather, 2009)
In order to distinguish EQ with that of intellectual intelligence (IQ), it can be said that
great leaders use EQ with their IQ or technical skills. In this way, EQ enables the best leaders
to optimize their own as well as their followers’ performance in the real-world context. Here,
IQ is like serial processing in the left side brain of a human being. On the other hand, EQ is a
kind of parallel processing in the right-side brain. When we combine both, spiritual
intelligence (SQ) generates with the help of synchronous processing in the whole brain of a
human being. While distinguishing EQ from IQ, it can be said that EQ is all about the
capability to feel whereas IQ is an ability to think critically. Besides, for a human being IQ
gets through school and EQ gets through life. Another differentiating factor among EQ and
IQ is that EQ can be increased possibly whereas there is no way to raise the IQ level of a
human. Finally, the most important distinguishing factor among both is their acquiring way.
It means that IQ cannot be earned it is in-built in a human whereas EQ can be learned
throughout life-span (Goleman D. , 1996).