Intelligence, it is something admired, appreciated, often coveted. Along with recognized and acknowledged intelligence, an individual acquires the respect of colleagues and the veneration of those around them. Intelligence, EQ vs. IQ, emotion vs. intellect, knowledge vs. love; this is a conflict that is exemplified in Tom Stoppard’s Arcadia. From a psychological perspective, this very conflict has such a dynamic impact on their characters that in the end, even though the characters seem to achieve an emotional connection with those around them, it’s strained by their inability to experience, empathize and even relate to typical human emotion. To understand the characters of Arcadia we have to analyze and deconstruct their behavior, reactions and …show more content…
This deprivation of an answer and the attempt at misdirection by Septimus is unsettling to Thomasina. In fact, this is a common factor for gifted children, in the article “Exploring Social and Emotional Aspects of Giftedness in Children,” the article discusses how factual based information plays an important role in intellectually gifted children’s lives, “The foolishness and unfairness of adults in authority can be particularly difficult for these gifted children to tolerate. To them, it makes no sense that anyone would not want to know the truth, have a mistake corrected, or know the best way to do something.” (Lovecky 10). For Thomasina, the illicit nature of the conversation, particularly for the time period in history, had little to no effect on her behavior, reaction and beliefs. She was emotionally disconnected from the topic of conversation because her intellectual ability to gain and then process the information she was seeking was all that mattered to
While emotional intelligence is vital to human behavior, it only accounts for a portion of a person as a whole. The author states, “IQ, personality, and EQ are distinct qualities we all possess. Together, they determine how we think and act. It is impossible to predict one based upon another. People may be intelligent but not emotionally intelligent, and people of all types of personalities can be high in EQ and/or IQ. Of the three, EQ is the only quality that is flexible and able to change” (p. 19). There is no know
Flowers For Algernon by Daniel Keyes is a piece of literature that asseverates that perhaps intelligence is a seamless fundamental. Precisely, for 34 old Charlie Gordon who initially wants to attain intelligence because he has been dimwitted throughout his whole entire life. Mr.Gordon is given an opportunity to be chosen for an operation. Fortunately for Mr. Gordon he happens to be the perfect candidate for the operation that will result to be semi-successful. As for Charley a 1968 film that portrays a 34 year old who seeks
Everyone is intelligence, it is just that some people have different strengths when it comes to applying that intelligence whether it be in english, math, or even sports. In the essay “Hidden Intelligence” by Gerald Graff, the author argues that there are different types of intelligences besides what is commonly known as academic intelligence, one of which he calls “street smarts,” and that schools are missing the opportunity to use these types of intelligence and integrate them into academics. While Graff does make some valid points about the types of intelligence and how it can be used to help students become better, there are flaws in his argument.
For the most part, intelligent people are not appreciated for their astuteness. This often tends to hinder their emotional development as they rarely find someone who can think on their level or have mutual emotions towards things. Which can make intelligent people feel more sad, depressed, or even lonely at times. Having this information brought to my attention has intrigued me in the recently read and discussed paper on “Anti-Intellectualism: Why We Hate the Smart Kids.” When I had finished reading that paper I had found myself interested in the part where he states, and I quote, “This argument, however, merely accounts for the perpetuation of…feelings. Those feelings must also originate somewhere…ignoring intellectuals both in school and later on in life crushes its victims” (NFG 755-757). That part left me questioning, how do people earn the title of intelligence or are there different types of intelligence? Does that mean our society reveres more standard or emotional intelligence?
Emotional intelligence plays a very critical role in the overall quality of our personal and professional lives. In fact, many people feel that emotional intelligence (EQ) is more important than one’s intelligence quotient (IQ) when it comes to attaining success in their lives and careers.
Emotional intelligence (EQ) is the ability to manage emotions of yourself or others. It is very useful in any situations and having a lot of it is very good but there is a dark side. That is because EQ is like a double-edged sword. For instance, a person is crying and someone comes over and helps. The person that came is able to recognize and determine what to do. Furthermore, during an interview with Dan Goleman, “Godfather of Emotional Intelligence”, there was a highschool reunion and out of the group the most successful man wasn’t the smartest but the best one that
Much of it is how one interprets the meaning of intelligence and how to use it to its fullness. The chapter titled, " The Trouble with Geniuses, Part 2" shows that analytical intelligence doesn't give one a better chance at being successful if he or she can't express it to the world. Instead, the chapter focused on practical intelligence or "knowing how to do something without necessarily knowing why you know it or being able to explain it" (Gladwell 101). The ability to communicate with people and adapt to the problem regardless of situations is much better than having a high IQ score. It is essential to be able to navigate through life obstacle and only those who willing to express themselves to the world can change the
cope with the events in her life because she was so adapted to being told how to think and
The book “Working with Emotional Intelligence” by Daniel Goleman deals with the emotional assets and liabilities of individuals in organizations. Emotional intelligence is traits that go beyond academic achievement or IQ. As a matter of fact he points out that high academic intelligence can sometimes stand in the way of emotional intelligence. Broadly speaking, emotional intelligence determines how well we handle difficult situation, which cannot be solved by logic, but more by a “feel” for the situation. These attributes are very hard to measure, which is why many standardized tests, whether academic or for employment, fail to measure these attributes, even though these are the one which determine
me, emotions can be just as intelligent as your I.Q. In this book report I hope to provide
In the book Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman, the central thesis that he tries to point out is that emotional intelligence may be more important than I.Q. in determining a person’s well being and success in life. At first I didn’t know what Goleman was talking about when he said emotional intelligence, but after reading the book I have to say that I agree completely with Goleman. One reason for my acceptance of Goleman's theory is that academic intelligence has little to do with emotional life. To me, emotions can be just as intelligent as your I.Q. In this essay I hope to provide sufficient evidence to show why I agree with Goleman’s thesis on emotional intelligence.
To begin, the basics of emotional intelligence are crucial to understanding the foundation from which humans refer to on a daily basis for interacting in society. Emotional intelligence suggests that humans hold the capability to identify, interpret, understand, manage, and response to emotions in ways to enforce positive relationships, establish good communication, empathize, and address conflict within social networks. Humans begin learning this upon entering life, as emotional intelligence determines the ways that humans behave and intermingle with the environment. The degree of intelligence varies among people: those with a high emotional intelligence are able to recognize their own emotions and other emotions in addition to a sort of magnetic draw that pulls others toward them. This is because people with high emotional intelligence know how to better relate to, understand, and help others. Consider a group
Emotional intelligence has to do with an individual’s ability to understand and manage his or her own or others’ feelings and emotions. It involves the ability to perceive and express emotion, assimilate emotion in thought, understand and reason about emotion and manage emotions in oneself and in others. People with emotional intelligence are able to identify and recognize the meaning of emotions and to manage and regulate their emotions as a basis for problem solving, reasoning, thinking, and action.
This paper is aimed at evaluating my own emotional intelligence while subsequent parts of the paper will discuss how this emotional intelligence affects other aspects of human life like business, religion and politics. In this part of the paper, I will reflect on and demonstrate the skills and the knowledge needed to enable one to accurately see and understand the emotional strengths, weaknesses and nuances of other workers at the workplace.
Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence, discusses the idea of intelligence being more than a matter of cognitive ability. In part one and two of the book, Goleman discusses how the brain processes emotions. In these chapters the author describes the cortex and the limbic system. Rationality is job of the cortex while the limbic system processes your emotions. He suggests that the emotional intelligence can be a learned skill. In the next chapter Daniel Goleman uses studies to show that many high IQ scoring students have underperformed in their lives while many average people have become huge successes. Goleman stated that if the IQ scoring has little to do with success and that your 80% success is based on your emotional intelligence.