What is Emotional Intelligence?

Team Members: Meiying and Daphne.

On the webpage “What is Emotional Intelligence?” published by the University of New Hampshire, John D Mayer defined emotion as a feeling state whereas intelligence is the capacity to reason information. Mayer mentioned that the general definition of emotional intelligence is the capacity to reason about emotions, and of emotions to enhance thinking. However, the author defined emotional intelligence as an ability to recognize the meanings of emotion and their relationships, and to reason and problem-solve on the basis of the individual. The author believed that emotional intelligence involves the capacity to perceive emotions, assimilate emotion-related feelings, understand the information of those emotions, and manage them accordingly.