Emotional In
telligence
Content and Performance Standard
▐ The learners demonstrate an understan
ding of…
▐ the different types of emotions and how
they are expressed
▐ The learners…
▐ identify ways to communicate and man
age emotions in a healthy manner
Learning Competencies
▐ Discuss that understanding the intensit
y and differentiation of emotions may h
elp in communicating emotional expres
sions
▐ Explore one’s positive and negative em
otions and how one expresses or hides
them
▐ Demonstrate and create ways to manag
e various emotion
Activity: Emotion Bingo
S M I L E
Sad Motivated Irritated Love Excited
Activity: Actions, Feelings and Expr
essions
Type of Emotion Action Tendencies
Frustration Walking away, frowning, not
going through with routines ,
crying
Happy Smiling, being excited to do
tasks, showing more energy in
doing things
EMOTION
▐ reaction to any stimulus
▐ comes from your limbic system
- the area in the brain that reacts automa
tically to the world around you without yo
ur rational thought or reasoning
▐ Three Components
- Cognitive
- Physical
- Behavioral
COMPONENTS OF EMOTIONS
▐ Cognitive
- Person's appraisal of the situation
- e.g., interpretation as threatening
▐ Physical
- the body's reaction to feelings or emoti
ons
- e.g., anxious --> inc. heart rate, blood
pressure, sweating palms, fainting
▐ Behavioral
- action tendency to deal with certain emo
tions
- e.g., evading frightening situations
Measuring Emotions
▐ self-report instruments or psychological tes
ts
▐ physiological measures - BP, HR, sweating
of palms, blood chem, brain activities
▐ behavioral manifestations - facial expressi
ons, tone of voice
Types of Emotions
▐ Positive Emotions
may help become more motivated
may help develop creativity or establis
h harmonious relationships
associated with good physical and psych
ological conditions
happiness, love, joy, hope, excitement
Types of Emotions
▐ Negative Emotions
may reduce efficiency and motivation
anger, rage, boredom, disgust
Effects of Emotions
▐ when too strong may affect our thoughts a
nd actions
▐ may tell you when something is wrong
▐ may alert you on potential danger or misfor
tune
Effects of Emotions
▐ allow you to maintain and develop your rel
ationships to meaningful ones
▐ create opportunities to see things meaning
fully
Managing Emotions
▐ Notice and be aware of your emotions
Recognize what you feel in a particular si
tuation or experience
▐ Identify and name what you feel
▐ Own and accept what you feel
Become responsible for your behavior as a
result of negative emotions
▐ Discern what you feel
▐ Take the necessary actions to deal with your f
eelings
Emotional Intelligence
▐ capacity to understand and manage emoti
ons
Daniel Goleman:
▐
“includes the individual's ability t
o motivate oneself despite frustratio
ns...the capacity to control impulse
s...the ability to empathize with oth
ers.”
Emotional Intelligence
▐ Emotional Quotient (EQ) -awareness of one's
emotions and ability to understand the emotions
of others
▐ implies managing emotions and applying them t
o enhance good thinking processes like reasoni
ng, solving problems, handling stress
▐ Key skills to raise EQ:
heightened awareness
effective management
positive application of emotions
Emotional Intelligence
▐ Theories:
▐ Peter Salovey and John D. Mayer (1990):
Emotions as organized responses (physiolog
ical, cognitive, experiential, and motivat
ional) to internal and external events tha
t may have positive or negative effects on
the adjustment of an individual
▐ Emotional intelligence:
subset of social intelligence that involve
s the ability to monitor one's own and oth
ers' feelings and emotions, to discriminat
e among them and use this information to g
uide one's thinking and actions
Emotional Intelligence
▐ function: to regulate thinking and behavior
▐ guides processes of thinking and doing
▐ Key components:
appraisal and expression of emotion
management of emotions
using emotion to serve a purpose: thinkin
g, planning, attention and motivation
Emotional Intelligence
▐ Goleman's Theory: Five domains of emotional int
elligence:
▐ self awareness - knowing what you feel and why
you are feeling it
▐ self-management - handling emotions effectively
▐ motivation - using emotions to continue what you
are doing to achieve your goals
▐ empathy - understanding and mirroring wh
at others are feeling
▐ social skills - allowing emotions to help ma
ke connections and establish relationships
-develop skills needed in being with
people to have meaningful relationsh
ips
-inspire other people and lift them
up
Emotional Intelligence
▐ An emotionally intelligent person:
- capable of recognizing his/her own
feelings
- competent in identifying how vario
us emotions affect him/her
- needs to know how to:
• identify emotions
• understand emotions
• use emotions
• manage emotions
Identifying an emotion
▐ naming or describing it
▐ identifying the biological, cognitive and behavior
al makeup
▐ being keen to bodily manifestations --> determin
e the intensity
▐ know thoughts that triggered and vice versa
▐ determine how you express the emotion, how oft
en felt, consequences, how appropriate to the sit
uation
Understanding Emotions
▐ making sense and meaning of what you fe
el
▐ know:
the reason that you feel the emotion
what specific need you want to satisfy o
r
what motivates you to feel it
Using your emotions
▐ drawing on emotions to direct actions, make deci
sions, work with reason to your advantage
▐ create your mood
▐ Mood different from emotions but relative to what
you feel about the present situation
▐ mood may affect your behavior
▐ know how to acknowledge your emotions without
ignoring feelings
▐ use negative emotions to divert attention to thing
s that matter more
Managing what you feel
▐ NOT controlling it or dominating it
▐ entails skill and flexibility
▐ being honest with what you feel
▐ knowing how, when and where to express it
▐ being aware of various ways to respond to situati
ons
▐ taking time to understand why you feel the way y
ou do before acting
Managing what you feel
▐ Thinking and studying your options --> informed
and wise decision --> effective problem solving
▐ physical activities, outdoor games
--> release tension
--> clear mind
--> more time to understand things
Managing what you feel
▐ look for something positive about the situation
--> learn from your experiences
▐ DO NOT ignore negative feelings
▐ know that all emotions have positive intent and
may be used to your advantage
▐ Write or talk about your feelings
▐ express emotions in an appropriate manner, at t
he right place, and in the right time
How will you express your emotions
without hurting yourself or others?
▐ You discover that your friend is saying nasty rum
ors about you
▐ You learn that your partner is courting another pe
rson
▐ You receive a failing grade in one subject and yo
u know that your parents will be disappointed ab
out this
Journal Activity
▐ What makes it easy or difficult for you to write or
speak about different types of emotions?
▐ What causes your pleasant (e.g., happy) and un
pleasant emotions (e.g., irritation)?
▐ Based on your experience, what usually triggers
your negative emotions?
▐ What emotion do you find difficult to control with?
What strategies do you have in mind to control s
uch emotion?
