Sydney Science Forum - Emotional Intelligence: Figuring Fact from Fad
12 September 2012
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| Sydney Science Forum - Emotional Intelligence |
Presented by Dr Carolyn MacCann
School of Psychology, the University of Sydney
The idea of 'emotional intelligence' took the world by storm in the mid-1990s. Everyone wanted to know their 'EQ' and was sure that it was much more important to success in life than IQ. Many professionals in human resources, education, clinical psychology and coaching began to believe that emotional skills and competencies, such as emotion management and understanding, were more important for high-level functioning than intelligence and personality. In the intervening years, scientists put these claims under the microscope to work out how important emotional intelligence is. Dr Carolyn MacCann will filter out facts from fads as she reviews the research on emotional intelligence. Does emotional intelligence exist? Can we measure it? Is it really as important to life success as the hype suggests? Find out the different ways that researchers conceptualise and measure emotional intelligence, as well as the usefulness of emotional intelligence in business, education and well-being.
Time: 5.45pm-6.45pm, Wednesday 12 September 2012
Location: Eastern Avenue Auditorium, University of Sydney
Cost: Free
Contact: Faculty of Science Information Office
Phone: 9351 3021
Email: 0122202d385322464d3c451228784a11030f0908565d1000440e1b
More info: http://sydney.edu.au/science/ssf