This document discusses the importance of emotional intelligence and its impact on our lives. It defines emotional intelligence as including self-awareness, managing emotions, motivating oneself, and handling relationships. Our brains are wired in a way that emotions can often override rational thinking. The document advocates for teaching children skills like managing upsetting feelings and attending to psychological needs in addition to medical needs. It presents techniques like self-science and the stoplight method to develop emotional intelligence.

1. Emotional Intelligence
Why It Can Matter More Than IQ
by Daniel Goleman

2. Knowledge Issue
• Why is intelligence rarely measured by our
emotional maturity?
• Case Study- Emotional Intelligence by
Daniel Goleman & South Island School

3. Aristotle...(The
Nicomachean Ethics)
• ‘Anyone can be angry- that is easy. But to
be angry with the right person, to the right
degree, at the right time, for the right
purpose, and in the right way- this is not
easy.’

4. Importance of Emotion
• Technological innovations allowing us to
see how the human brain functions
(neuroplasticity)
• The importance of ‘impulse...’ What is the
relationship between impulse, self-control
and morality?
• Altruism, empathy and compassion...how
do we develop the skill of empathy?

5. Definition...
• ‘Motere’ is the root of the word emotion-
Latin for the verb ‘to move’
• The ‘e’ is a prefix meaning to ‘move away’

6. Hijacking the Brain
• The research of Le Doux revealed how ‘the
architecture of the brain gives the amygdala
a privileged position as an emotional
sentinel, able to hijack the brain.
• Sensory signals from eye or ear travel first
to the thalamus and then to the amygdala
and only then onto the neocortex (thinking
brain) which accounts for reflection etc.

7. Example...
• The amygdala is linked more intrinsically to
our primitive past than the neocortex
(which developed later in our evolution as
a species) and helps to explain how
emotion can overcome reason.
• It is also a repository for memories and
response repertoires (often formed during
childhood) that we enact without quite
knowing why.

8. Task 1
• Can you think of a time as the knower in
which you were emotionally hijacked and
only later regretted your actions or words?
• What could you have done to avoid this
moment? Did you learn from this or do
you continue to make the same mistake?

9. Peter Salovey-
Emotional IQ
• Knowing one’s emotions- self awareness
• Managing emotions- stave off gloom/
depression
• Motivating oneself- ‘delayed gratification’
• Recognising emotions in others- empathy
• Handling relationships- social interaction

10. Aristotle- ‘Know
Thyself’
• Becoming aware of one’s own feelings as
they are happening is a cornerstone of
emotional intelligence.
• Psychologists refer to this as metacognition
although Goldman prefers the term self
awareness.

11. John Mayer- 3 Different
Styles
• Self aware- Can easily get out of bad
moods because they are aware of the cause
and have strategies for not becoming
bogged down by negative feeling
• Engulfed- Lack of control and helpless to
escape one’s own emotions
• Accepting- Aware of one’s own emotions
but don’t try to change them. (Both good
and bad moods)

12. Task 2
• Which of these 3 would you say best fits
you?

13. Alexithymics
• From the Greek ‘A’ for lack
• lexis for word
• thymos for emotion
• The typical Alexithymic does not
necessarily fail to feel emotion (although
possibly they don’t) but have a limited way
of expressing their emotional state or of
knowing how they feel.

14. The Artful Critique
by Harry Levinson
• Be specific- Vague feedback is rarely helpful
and simply muddies the waters. People like
to know specifics so as they can address
the problem and know how to change
• Offer a solution- How can I fix this?
• Be present- Face to face is best
• Be sensitive- The use of empathy to imagine
how the recipient is likely to receive the
feedback

15. Towards a New Vision
of Medicine
Swine Flu!
• Goleman suggests that new research
highlights the connection between the
brain’s emotional centre and immune
system. He subsequently calls for two
findings to be implemented in medicine:

16. 1. Manage upsetting
feelings
• Evidence suggests that ‘toxic emotions’ is as
bad for the health as chronic cigarette
addiction. This suggests that children and
pensioners should be taught the
importance of emotional intelligence and
managing one’s own emotional responses.

17. 2. Attend to psychological needs
alongside medical ones
• For Doctors and nurses, Goleman believes
it is crucial for the importance of attending
to a patient’s emotional needs in order to
aid in recovery.

18. National Centre for Clinical
Infant Programs Report
• ‘A child’s readiness for school depends on
the most basic of all knowledge, how to
learn. The report lists 7 key ingredients of
this crucial capacity- all related to
emotional intelligence.’

19. The 7 Ingredients
• Confidence
• Curiosity
• Intentionality
• Self-Control
• Relatedness
• Capacity to Communicate
• Cooperativeness

20. ‘Purdy’
• Cleveland Elementary School, California,
1989. Patrick Purdy (a former student)
went on a gun rampage killing 5 and
injuring 29 more.
• In the PTSD that ensued, children often
played the Purdy game, in which they
reenacted the incident through play.

21. The Science of Trauma
• Over aroused amygdala
• Learn fearfulness- over secretion of two
substances called catecholamines:
adrenaline and nonadrenaline. These two
chemicals mobilise the body for
emergency, even when there is none. e.g.
Vietnam war veterans.

22. Purdy as re-education
• Repetition acts as healing process
• Relive trauma as play
• Give tragedies imaginary (better)
outcomes, like Purdy being overcome or
defeated

23. Jerome Kagan- Harvard
University
• Suggested there are 4 personality types:
• Timid
• Bold
• Upbeat
• Melancholy

24. Task 3
• Which one do you think is most like you?
Why? Give some examples as the knower.

25. The Role of Education-
Self-Science
• self awareness
• personal decision making
• managing feelings
• handling stress
• empathy
• communications

26. Themes of Self-Science
• self-disclosure
• insight
• self-acceptance
• personal responsibility
• assertiveness
• group dynamics
• conflict resolution

27. The Stoplight Technique
• Red light- Stop, calm down and think before
you act
• Yellow light- Say the problem and how you
feel, set a positive goal, think of lots of
solutions, think ahead to the consequences
• Green light- Go ahead and try the best plan

28. Task 4
• Think about your school career at SIS.
• Provide some examples of lessons in which
Emotional Intelligence has been addressed.
What did you learn and how?