See also response This refers to a human being’s understanding of how to relate to others in a constructive and sensitive way. It also has to do with consciousness of our own needs and the effects on others of our behaviour and attitudes. Many...

The Vineland Social Maturity Scale Measures social competence, self-help skills, and adaptive behavior. The Vineland Social Maturity Scale measures social competence, self-help skills, and adaptive behavior from infancy to adulthood. It is used in...

An umbrella term that has been applied to a range of learned skills to do with EMOTION. Included under this term are the following qualities: recognizing emotions; coming to terms with the emotions of others; expressing emotions in appropriate ways;...

In recent years there has been movement away from viewing intelligence as something that lies in the cognitive domain, so that it is now viewed as more personal. Emotional intelligence is sometimes regarded as having five domains: knowing one’s...

Emotional Intelligence (EI), often measured as an Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ), describes an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups. It is a relatively new area of...

   “Rapport with the boss largely predicts risk for depression and other psychiatric problems in the workplace,” says Brad Gilbreath of Indiana University-Purdue University in Fort Wayne. His study, published in the journal Work and Stress and reported in Psychology Today, found that a worker’s...

A March 5, 2007 article in the L.A. Times entitled "U.S. Looking for Ways to Retain Older Workers" highlights a critical issue not just for employers, but for our country's economic welfare. The article explains that recent expert testimony before the U.S. Senate's Special Committee...

When we started In Business Las Vegas in 2000, our goal was simply to cover the local economy and the people who shape it. To me, that seemed ambitious enough.But other opportunities came our way. We soon partnered with Las Vegas ONE to create the...

Eric Bogosian’s Talk Radio is just about the best theatrical expression of our fucked-up culture that I know. Yet it’s scarcely a play. In its toxic essentials, it’s an electrifying solo performance piece for a virtuoso actor. Mr. Bogosian first played the corrosive antihero of...

Essay provides a review of Daniel Goleman's "Emotional Intelligence."