Jeff Whippo Throws Light on the Origin and Prominence of the Term “Emotional Intelligence”

Jeff Whippo Throws Light on the Origin and Prominence of the Term “Emotional Intelligence”

Jeff Whippo Talks about the Roots of the Study of Emotional Intelligence  According to well-educated and successful business leader Jeff Whippo, the study of emotional intelligence has its roots in the work of Darwin, who believed that emotional expression is essential for survival.  He says that the term "emotional intelligence" seems first to have appeared in a 1964 paper by Michael Beldoch.  It was later mentioned in the 1966 paper by B. Leuner entitled Emotional intelligence and emancipation which appeared in the psychotherapeutic journal: Practice of child psychology and child psychiatry.

Jeff Also Shares about First Use Of the Term "Emotional Intelligence”  Jeff Whippo says that the first use of the term "emotional intelligence" has been credited to Wayne Payne's 1985 doctoral thesis, A Study of Emotion: Developing Emotional Intelligence.  Later in 1989, Stanley Greenspan put forward a model to describe Emotional Intelligence.  This was followed by another by Peter Salavoy and John Mayer published in the same year.

When Did Emotional Intelligence Really Gain Prominence?  According to Jeff Whippo, Emotional Intelligence didn’t really gain prominence until 1995.  It was in this year that Daniel Goleman, a psychologist and science journalist, authored the book “Emotional Intelligence” and the subject gained prominence.

Jeff Whippo Defines Emotional Intelligence  Whippo defines emotional intelligence as the ability to recognize, understand and manage one’s own emotions as well as being able to recognize, understand and influence the emotions of others.  The practicality of emotional intelligence is being aware of the fact that emotions can drive your behavior and impact people, both positively and negatively.  Knowing how to manage those emotions plays an important role in leadership.

Thank You Jeffery (Jeff) D Whippo