Describe the Concept of Emotional Intelligence

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Essay

Describe the concept of emotional intelligence. To what extent is emotional intelligence associated with intelligence? How is emotional intelligence associated with success in life? Describe a friend (or yourself) who is particularly high or particularly low in emotional intelligence, and discuss how this person's emotional intelligence and intelligence have affected a particular aspect of his or her life.

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Definitions:

Psychological Needs

Essential emotional or psychological requirements for well-being and proper development, including needs for belonging, esteem, and self-actualization.

Suspend Judgment

Temporarily refraining from making a decision or forming an opinion until all evidence and facts are known.

Ethnocentrism

The belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture, often resulting in prejudice against other groups.

Enculturation

The process by which people learn the dynamics of their surrounding culture and acquire values and norms appropriate or necessary in that culture.