Emotional Intelligence

by GOLEMAN, DANIEL

• ISBN13: 9780553095036
• ISBN10: 055309503X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-01-01
• Publisher: Bantam

Summary

Everyone knows that high IQ is no guarantee of success, happiness, or virtue, but until the discoveries of modern brain researchers, theorists could only guess why. Daniel Goleman's fascinating report from the frontiers of psychology and neuroscience offers us startling new insight into our "two minds" -- the rational and the emotional -- and how they together shape our destiny. Beginning deep in the brain,Emotional Intelligenceshows us the exact mechanism of an "emotional hijack," when passion overcomes reason. Through vivid examples, Goleman then delineates the crucial skills of emotional intelligence, and shows how they determine our success in relationships and work, and even our physical well-being. What emerges is a crucial new way to talk about being smart. The final chapters reveal the possibilities -- and limits -- of "emotional literary," as it is taught by both parents and educators. The book concludes with a compelling vision of what true emotional intelligence means for us both as individuals and as a society. The message of this eye-opening book is one we must take to heart: the true "bell curve" for a democracy must measure emotional intelligence. Daniel Goleman offers a new vision of excellence and a vital new curriculum for life that can change the future for us and our children.

Author Biography

Daniel Goleman, Ph.D., has taught at Harvard and was formerly senior editor at Psychology Today.

Table of Contents

Aristotle's Challenge
What Are Emotions For?	p. 3
Anatomy of an Emotional Hijacking	p. 13
When Smart Is Dumb	p. 33
Know Thyself	p. 46
Passion's Slaves	p. 56
The Master Aptitude	p. 78
The Roots of Empathy	p. 96
The Social Arts	p. 111
Intimate Enemies	p. 129
Managing with Heart	p. 148
Mind and Medicine	p. 164
The Family Crucible	p. 189
Trauma and Emotional Relearning	p. 200
Temperament Is Not Destiny	p. 215
The Cost of Emotional Illiteracy	p. 231
Schooling the Emotions	p. 261
Appendix A: What Is Emotion?	p. 289
Appendix B: Hallmarks of the Emotional Mind	p. 291
Appendix C: The Neural Circuitry of Fear	p. 297
Appendix D: W. T. Grant Consortium: Active Ingredients of Prevention Curriculum	p. 301
Appendix E: The Self Science Curriculum	p. 303
Appendix F: Social and Emotional Learning: Results	p. 305
Notes	p. 311
Acknowledgments	p. 341
Index	p. 343
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