{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Explore Our Extensive Counselling Article Library","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.aipc.net.au\/articles","author_name":"AIPC","author_url":"https:\/\/www.aipc.net.au\/articles\/author\/admin\/","title":"Emotional Intelligence: Definition and a Brief History","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Xp04uQIL46\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aipc.net.au\/articles\/emotional-intelligence-definition-and-a-brief-history\/\">Emotional Intelligence: Definition and a Brief History<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aipc.net.au\/articles\/emotional-intelligence-definition-and-a-brief-history\/embed\/#?secret=Xp04uQIL46\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Emotional Intelligence: Definition and a Brief History&#8221; &#8212; Explore Our Extensive Counselling Article Library\" data-secret=\"Xp04uQIL46\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.aipc.net.au\/articles\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"The idea that we human beings have not only a quotient of cognitive intelligence, our so-called &ldquo;IQ&rdquo;, but also a level of emotional intelligence, called either &ldquo;EQ&rdquo; (for emotional quotient) or &ldquo;EI&rdquo; (emotional intelligence) has been emerging for at least 30 years (Mayer, Salovey, &amp; Caruso, 2004b). It began to be popularised in the 1990s and is now in common parlance in many languages of the world; the term has been used by clerics in all the major religions (Goleman, 2005), as for many it is an intuitively appealing construct. But just what do we mean when we say that a person is, for example, an effective leader because they have &ldquo;high emotional intelligence&rdquo;? This blog post\u00a0defines emotional intelligence and briefly explores its historical development over the past few decades."}