Amber Gilewski Tompkins Cortland Community College Chapter 4 Wisdom Amber Gilewski Tompkins Cortland Community College

Emotional Intelligence Accurately perceive emotions in oneself and others Use emotions to facilitate thinking Understand emotional meanings Manage emotions Who is emotionally intelligent ?

Successful Intelligence Analytical, Creative, & Practical intelligences Using practical intelligence, we may need to -adapt to our environment -shape our environment or -select a new environment!

Aspects of Wisdom Reasoning ability Human understanding Learns from experience Superior judgment Efficient use of information Accurate perspective

Learning Wisdom Being open to experience Accept unpredictability in life See problems from multiple points of view Learn effective problem solving Balance stability vs. the need for change