Science of Emotional Intelligence Knowns and Unknowns [Series in Affective Science] [Oxford University Press, USA,2007] [Hardcover]

by Gerald Matthews

During the past decade, emotional intelligence has been subjected to both scientific and public scrutiny. Numerous articles have been published on the topic in both academic journals and the popular press, testifying to the potential usefulness of emotional intelligence in psychology, business, education, the home, and the workplace. However, until now, there has been no systematic synthesis that grounds emotional intelligence in contemporary theory, while simultaneously sorting scientific approaches from popular fads and pseudoscience. Bringing together leading international experts from a variety of sub-disciplines, this volume aims to integrate recent research on emotional intelligence. The contributors address a set of focused questions concerning theory, measures, and How does emotional intelligence relate to personality? What is the optimal approach to testing emotional intelligence? How can emotional intelligence be trained? In the final section of the book, the volume editors distill and synthesize the main points made by these experts and set forth an agenda for building a science of emotional intelligence in the future. Science of Emotional Intelligence will be an invaluable resource for researchers and professionals in psychology, education, the health sciences, and business.

Unknown Binding

First published August 16, 2007

Reviews

[Zack · Rating 2 out of 5]

I would not recommend this book. It was kind of what I expected it to be. It was obviously about what we know of emotional intelligence and what we don't know or are beginning to understand. However, the way the book was written didn't appeal to me. It was basically a bunch of scientific studies and papers all edited together into a book. The author didn't research or get his own studies he just edited a bunch of other people's together. Now, I didn't hate it but they way described everything, it felt so boring/too formal and nothing really stuck out to me. Here is an example: "This chapter presents several examples illustrating new and forthcoming forms of machine emotional intelligence, highlighting applications together with challenges to their development." I feel like they could have made this part a little more lively, however this is an edited version of studies, so I wouldn't expect everything to jump out at you. All in all, I learned a lot from this book, but I felt bored when I read this book. There was no spark there. I would not recommend this book to anyone.