Though new in the field of psychology, Emotional Intelligence is a topic two decades too late to write about. It was major discussion in the mid-nineties. Today, this article is an attempt to improve our understanding of the subject.
Let us understand the prevailing concepts around emotion and intelligence before we join these two words – emotional intelligence
Emotion simply means strong feeling. Etymology describes its origin to - Greek word amyno (push away), Lithunian mauti (push on), Sanskrit kama-muta (move by love), Latin movere (move), Vulgar Latin exmovere (move by love), Old French esmovoir (to excite), French emotion (emotion). The year 1579 AD saw a first recorded definition of emotion – a physical, moving, stirring, agitation.
