1. Limbic System and Emotional Intelligence

2. Limbic System Composed of the: Amygdala Hippocampus Thalamus
Hypothalamus

3. Amygdala emotion – particularly fear and aggression.
Pathway to the limbic system for sensory impulses – smell processed –involved in recall of emotionally charged experiences
PTSD

4. Hippocampus Hippocampus – store some kinds of memory.
Converts STM to LTM – sends the memories to be stored into frontal and temporal lobe.

5. Primitive Brain
The parts of the limbic system are thought to be the most primitive part of the brain

6. Limbic System In animals the LS:
Important for survival
Fight or Flight
Finding Food
A large section of prehistoric animals brains contain the limbic system
Used for hunting and eating prey

7. Limbic System In humans the LS:
Emotion
Motivation
Memory
Limbic system is responsible for how you “deal” with everyday situations

8. Neocortex Limbic system Neocortex Planning/learning
Emotions
Ex anger, fear lust
Neocortex
Planning/learning
Ex. Love
Reptiles have no neocortex > have no maternal love

9. Emotional Intelligence

10. EQ vs. IQ
IQ accounts for 20% of a person success the rest is determined by
Social Class
Luck
Neural pathways that have developed in the brain- emotions

11. EQ vs. IQ EQ is not the opposite of IQ they compliment one another.
A person’s ability to handle stress affects his ability to concentrate and put intelligence to use

12. The 4 major qualities that mark a person EQ
Self Awareness
Mood Management
Self motivation
Impulse control

13. Now lets test your EQ
With a partner you will take your own emotional IQ test online. If you have a smart phone.
You will take at least one EQ test
Once you have got your results you need to turn in a half sheet of paper reporting what you found and your reaction to what you found out