EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE

What is emotional intelligence?  Emotional intelligence is the ability to understand the perception of emotion, ability to use reason with emotions, understand and manage emotions.

Four Branches of Emotional Intelligence  Perceiving emotions consist of understand facial expressions, body language, or nonverbal signals.  If someone is frowning how may you perceive how they are feeling?  Reasoning with emotions consists of making a decision based on your emotions.  If taking candy from your younger sibling made you sad, would you consider how you feel, and steal again? Perceiving EmotionsReasoning With Emotions

Four Branches of Emotional Intelligence  Understanding emotions consists of figuring out how you or another person is feeling, and understanding how they will act.  If your friend gets on the bus with a mean face on and they yell at you instead of saying hi. What might your friend be feeling?  Managing emotions consists of regulating or adjusting your emotions to different situations, and responding appropriately  If your upset about getting a bad grade on your exam, should you yell at your teacher about it? Or speak calmly to your teacher to understand how you got a bad grade? Understanding EmotionsManaging Emotions

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