Re:Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?
by pinion247 on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @01:58PM
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That's different than Goleman's pseudoscience of Emotional Intelligence, but maybe that's what NYTimes meant?
Re:Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?
by robg on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @02:14PM
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From the article here:
It may also make children smarter. Davidson notes that because social-emotional training develops the prefrontal cortex, it can also enhance academically important skills like impulse control, abstract reasoning, long-term planning and working memory. Though itβs not clear how significant this effect is, a 2011 meta-analysis found that K-12 students who received social-emotional instruction scored an average of 11 percentile points higher on standardized achievement tests. A similar study found a nearly 20 percent decrease in violent or delinquent behavior.
Goleman isn't mentioned.
Re:Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?
by fleitz on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @02:45PM
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The big problem is that SATs are a good predictor of grades and not success in life.
Re:Can Emotional Intelligence Be Taught?
by hosh on Wednesday September 11, 2013 @02:52PM
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It's less about mitigating the effects of emotional responses and more that, people are habituated to react emotionally rather than responding. To respond, you have to be fully present and mindful of the emotions as they arise -- too really feel the emotion -- without becoming consumed by them. That may or may not have anything to do with the prefrontal cortex.
Prefrontal cortex is still developing through our early twenties. Mitigating the effects of emotional responses takes work, just like any other discipline. That work grows synapses and it's the reason mental health therapies change connectivity patterns in the brain. Leaving the word 'emotion' out (which some here seem to have strong reactions to), self-regulation is well-understood.