Inteligencia emocional

Emotional Intelligence and Performance Testing
by Pierce Howard 
Robert Sternberg, a well-known psychologist formerly from Yale and now Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences at Tufts University(Medford MA), has defined intelligence as “mental self-management.” I understand this to mean that the more intelligent one is, the more effectively they manage their array of mental resources. Today,what is “mental” covers a broader range of abilities and tendencies than at any other time. The mind/brain, which is the seat of mental activity, is responsible for memory, calculations, language,athleticism, decision-making, and, yes, emotions. More intelligent people are better at managing their memory, their calculations, language, athleticism, decisions, and, yes, their emotions. Hence, aperson can be mathematically intelligent, athletically intelligent, and, yes, emotionally intelligent. One who is intelligent in general should, hypothetically, be effective at managing all of theseareas. In my humble opinion, people have their own strengths, and those effective at managing one kind of mental resource are not necessarily effective at managing all of the other kinds of mentalresources.
Emotional Intelligence, or EQ as it is often called, is not distinct from mental intelligence—it is an aspect of mental intelligence, just as language ability is an aspect of mental intelligence.Some ardent proponents of EQ assert that it is to be contrasted with mental intelligence as something separate. That is not true. It is separate only in the sense that certain brain processes andareas concentrate more on the emotions (e.g., the amygdala), and certain brain processes and areas concentrate more on language (e.g., Broca’s area). These processes/areas are highly interconnected, suchthat effective activity in one area of the brain can enhance, or retard, activity in another area. For example, one might be effective at keeping one’s temper under control due to the nature of...