Emotional Intelligence or Behaviorial Control? (part 2)

BunnyHunter2 Says:

Mar 22, 2010 - Came across his book by coincidence some years ago.. It is where I started reading about these kind of topics.Althought his book is a bit outdated its knowledge about human behaviour still gives me an advantage when playing poker.

felicianomiko Says:

Jun 4, 2010 - Sounds like he's talking about the subconscious. Blink is a great book about how that works in everyday language. The subconscious is an amazing part of the brain that we can not function without.

SinisterElements Says:

Oct 12, 2010 - lol

Steelfossil Says:

Apr 24, 2011 - Extremely well done speech, easily understandable and stimulating.

inspirediam Says:

Aug 24, 2011 - How many parts are in this series...is there a part 3? Excellent videos btw. :-)

zytigon Says:

Oct 28, 2011 - For more on emotional literacy try zytigon.blogspot.com alternative ways to express feelings. I think the main focus is to comment on the action in terms of your emotions rather than using generalized metaphor, name calling that attempts to judge the whole person.

Neilgs Says:

Dec 31, 2011 - "...On the other hand you can say that the ability to inhibit distressing emotions from the amygdala is an enabler of cognitive capacity for it leave full attention available for what you are trying to do."I agree to an extent. The greater systemic problem, however, it is NOT rational decision making versus the more "primitive emotions: There is not that dichotomy or war. To take the other or more nuanced problem side of the perspective at what point do people repress their "unsavory..

Neilgs Says:

Dec 31, 2011 - emotions" and achieve "emotional blindness" or lack of true empathic understanding of their own and others emotions. The image of the balance tip, i.e., the maturation of prefrontal control can be enormously beneficial but at the same moment cut down (and repress) sensitivity, awareness and empathy! The "irrationality of yesteryear's gifted artists and geniuses" is now the common coinage for pathologizing. For example, the often false and fictitious disorder of "Aspergers." As Developmental

Neilgs Says:

Dec 31, 2011 - Special educator/therapist, I see the post modernization of pathologizing of coined "perceived or declared disorders" for the sake of social expediency and profitability (e.g.,the never ending boon of psychotropics, applied behavioral analysis;cognitive behavioral therapy & biopsychiatry) mainstreamed in perfect keeping with 1984 rather than the understanding and embracing of neurodiversity, which at once would cultivate greater receptive empathic intelligence and creativity in the race of Man.

JimShooks Says:

Mar 24, 2012 - He's a very convincing speaker! I wish I had a talent like him! Very motivational!

bythebeardoflincoln Says:

Mar 27, 2012 - If he is trying to say emotions give us logic, he's wrong. Emotions are feelings without logic. For example, If I feel threatened by this guy, I emotionally don't want him around me, so I feel like pushing him, hitting him. Logic says if you do that, you will make it worse for yourself. Now, Emotionally you could end up in jail or hospital, but logically you will preserve yourself from those places. There is no such thing as emotional logic. Don't let emotions lead you, make them follow.

ransom541 Says:

Mar 29, 2012 - the layer story is in the book

shroomerspizza Says:

Apr 5, 2012 - Have you seen the video on "the God helmet" kinda related .

globalbeehive Says:

Apr 15, 2012 - No, but I will watch based upon your comment. I found at the following link:video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2184059515285733378

blackrhapsodies Says:

Apr 18, 2012 - Wow, he just summed up all the problems in my life in 5 minutes.

0FortyWinters0 Says:

Apr 18, 2012 - I really like your comments Neil, very insightful & knowledgable.While I certainly agree with Pinker/Chomsky et al. that there has to be, at the very least, *some* degree of innateness (in itself, this isn't very insightful of course), could you perhaps pinpoint me to some of the standard literature of Dev. Psy. you regard highly & which demonstrate the importance of nurture in such things as, say, language acquisition, morality, intelligence, neurodevelopment & neural plasticity?