The development of emotional intelligence : a case study / Nadja Reissland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reissland, Nadja.

Series:

Concepts in developmental psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emotional intelligence.

Emotions in children.

Child psychology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 166 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Hove, East Sussex ; New York : Routledge, 2012.

Summary:

This book answers questions regarding the foundation of emotional intelligence, and examines how children become emotionally literate as they are socialized into their family environment from birth to two years of age. These early stages are vitally important in teaching children to understand themselves and others, as well as how to relate to people, and how to adapt to and cope with their immediate surroundings.

In order to examine the development of emotional intelligence, the author presents an overview of the literature on the subject and in the second part of the book presents a case study in which the concepts introduced in the first part of the book are revisited. Based on daily tape-recorded 'conversations' between a baby and her father, the data demonstrates how, over a two-year period, a child learns to express and understand emotions within social interactions. This capacity to reason with emotions is examined through four areas: perceiving emotion, integrating emotion, understanding emotion and managing emotion.

The Development of Emotional Intelligence adds a new perspective to the theoretical debate on emotions and how they develop. It will be of great interest to psychologists and any professionals dealing with families. It will also be helpful reading for parents. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I Overview of the literature on emotional intelligence (EI) 1

1 Introduction 3

Overview 3

Background to the study of emotional intelligence 4

EI in the context of emotional development 5

Novel approach to studying the development of EI 5

Emotional discourse and EI 6

Emotion socialization and EI 6

The case study 7

The importance of the father and EI 7

EI in infancy 8

Labelling emotions in the context of EI growth 9

Teasing and EI 10

EI and cognitive development 11

EI and death 11

2 Emotional intelligence: models and controversies 13

What is emotional intelligence? 13

How is emotional intelligence measured? 17

3 The language of emotional intelligence 21

Recognizing emotions in facial expressions: is there a developmental progression? 22

Pitch of voice and emotional intelligence 25

4 Regulation of emotional expression 29

Self-regulation of emotions in infancy 31

The effects of maternal mental health as the basis for emotional intelligence 32

Socialization of positive emotions 33

5 Emotional intelligence: the ability to interact emotionally through empathy 37

The development of empathy 37

Trait and ability EI and empathy 39

EI and understanding jokes 41

6 Emotional intelligence, health and negative emotions 45

Negative emotional experience and coping strategies 45

Other people's negative emotions: how nurses or carers cope with negative emotions and violence in the workplace 46

Part II Case study 51

Introduction to the case study 53

7 The language of emotions from the first months of life 55

Socialization of emotion during the first four months 58

Praising and reinforcing desirable emotions during the first four months 59

Talking about fear and using humour in the fifth month 61

Learning to talk about objects from 6 months onwards 63

Learning to talk about emotions in the second year 65

Conclusion 67

8 Acoustic aspects of emotion talk 71

The influence of sound on the appraisal of emotion 71

The meaning of the message is carried by sound 72

Questions about feelings and questions about thoughts 77

9 On the changing table: the use of rhetoric with an infant 81

The mutual influence of parent and infant 81

The function of question 83

The use of 'I' and 'you 85

Putting on socks: what routines can tell us about development 87

Emotional intelligence in communicative frames 89

10 Teasing and emotional development 93

How does teasing relate to emotional development and the development of emotional intelligence? 93

Teasing involving innuendo 96

Teasing involving sleep 97

Teasing involving language or physical limitations 99

Teasing involving appeasement 100

Verbal teasing can involve nicknames 101

Toto 'teasing' Daddy 102

11 From 'social smile' to laughter: how positive emotions develop 107

How to explain a smile 107

The problem with labelling emotions 108

The function of smiles 109

The changing context of a smile 112

12 Toto's experience of her father's death 119

Death and how to explain it 119

Death and life after death 124

Passage to heaven 125

Practical ideas about life after death 126

Cognitive development and changing ideas about death and life after death 127

Conclusion 131

13 Conclusion 133

14 Emotional intelligence for parents 137

Websites 137.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415359511

0415359511

9780415359528

041535952X

OCLC:

297149222