1. The Emotional Nature of Intelligence
Chapter 7

2. Important!!! Connections from the emotional system to the cognitive system are stronger than vice versa
Memory:
Recollection of emotions related to the eventbiological changes
Recollections = spider mapevent plus other associated events (+ or -)
Emotions = complicated collection of patterned chemical and neural responses that regulate an organism in the manner that is advantageous to its survival
Bodily humorsmiddle ages
Response to assessments to internal and external informationrise measurable physiological states
Dynamic process, socially influenced, value appraising
Is a subconscious process
Perceptionreflexive nature of the process
Intelligence (orbifrontal lobes) evaluate the reality of such reflexes and acts upon them
= feeling

3. The Emotional Nature of Intelligence is:
Attentive
Neural and glandular systems that trigger changes in mind-body states, reflexive changes, that arouse the brain’s attention to what it is important
Judgmental
Reflexive arousal systems associated with emotions, interact with rational reasoning in the brain to evaluate the merits of events and options
Motivating
Emotions both arouses and sustains passions about things that matter
Manageable
The brain is able to recognize and mediate emotional responses after the fact, a capacity called emotional intelligence

4. What would your life be if you Little survival skillsevaluation
Primary emotions:
Fear (anxiety, concern or
nervousness)
Anger
Happiness (pride, rapture
& whimsy)
Sadness
Surprise
Disgust
These all
represent
body states
Occur at
subconscious
level
Example of
survival of
truck???
What would your life be if you
Were not emotional?
Boooring!!!
Little survival skillsevaluation

5. Decide on an event that
describes a) fear, anger,
disgust or sadness; b) joy or
inspiration; c) requires an important decision
Describe what occurs in body, mind and behavior

6. Amygdala and brain stem = emotion centers = sentries that
Movement
Change
Action
In the body and
In the mind
Amygdala
Hyppocampus
Brain stem
Amygdala and brain stem = emotion centers = sentries that
monitor info. brought by senses and body movements to the
thalamus and & olfactory lobediscovery and concern
If information important, emotion centers inform other parts of the
brain
Through electrochemical communications the neural networks
develop body statesfeeling or the emotional response
Prefrontal cortex assess what is happeningassess what is
happening so appropriate responses follow
ACT FIRST-THINK LATER RESPONSE TO INFORMATION
VS. THINK - RESPONSE TO INFORMATION
Need emotions in order to survive

7. History of the Brain All about body
body chemical system organisms without brains
Brain developed and took over those functions
Gut instinct example
The nose knowsability to detect, organize and recall a wide range of scentswhat is good and bad to eat (survival = need to judge)
Emotion is everywheresome system evoke certain
emotions, but getting there depends on prior knowledge
Like an individual neuron, emotions consider the sourceassessment (frontal lobe)
Strong emotion is designed to be a sprinter, not a distance runnerif not emotional problems!!!

8. The Fine Art of Emotions:
Emotions is the arbiter between
lower and higher brain structures
capacity for understanding &
solving problems (feel pain)
Emotions flow uphillfrom emotion
systems to complex reasoning
systems
Emotions can be turned on by our thoughtsconscious
reflection of past or future experiences
Too much of the good thing co-opts the work of the
best and brightesthijacking the brain from the
essential role which is a basic survival mode
Emotions move beyond the passion of the moment mind body states can be regulated

9. Emotions do not dance alone; it’s platform is the physiological intelligence saturated with chemicals.
The healthy functioning of those systems depends of the brain physiology