Investing cognitions in emotions? Is that what really matters? A methodological review on Daniel Goleman’s emotional intelligence book (1996) in line with cognitive-behavioural psychotherapeutic postulates.

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Title:	Investing cognitions in emotions? Is that what really matters? A methodological review on Daniel Goleman’s emotional intelligence book (1996) in line with cognitive-behavioural psychotherapeutic postulates.
Authors:	Varvatsoulias, George¹
Source:	Education Sciences & Psychology. 2023, Vol. 68 Issue 3, p3-58. 56p.
Subject Terms:	Emotional intelligence, Emotions, Cognition, Cognitive therapy, Religious psychology, Axioms
People:	Goleman, Daniel, 1946-, Voltaire, 1694-1778
Abstract:	Since the publication of Goleman’s book, in 1996, there has been an explosion in the use of his arguments that emotions are those which really generate cognitions and not the other way around. According to a layman’s point of view, people who feel certain emotions, they then think how to execute them. To use one of the main emotions, the author speaks about in most pages of his book, is that of anger: anger is a very strong emotion; one may become passive aggressive; another may employ it as a response to a real or hypothetical external threat. As a process -using an emotion to generate thinking- seems and sounds to be correct, and primarily I would agree to that, however does that mean that this is the only scientific/methodological answer? This paper is a review on Goleman’s argument and attempts to present conceptual shortcomings which haven’t been taken into consideration when the author was presenting his argument. In this review, the order we follow to outline our counterargument to emotional intelligence are the cognitive and behavioural ABC (activating event-beliefs-consequences) models in the relationship between a trigger, a thought pattern, an emotional presentation, and a behavioural reaction, according to the CBT (cognitive-behavioural therapy) perspective. In this paper, there will also be offered connections between the emotional intelligence argument and a writing by Voltaire, a writing by Schwab & Maleret, a writing by Soros, and a writing by Bock-Côté. In the latter author, there will be finally offered some juxtapositions in line with the paradigm of psychology of religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Abstract:	Since the publication of Goleman’s book, in 1996, there has been an explosion in the use of his arguments that emotions are those which really generate cognitions and not the other way around. According to a layman’s point of view, people who feel certain emotions, they then think how to execute them. To use one of the main emotions, the author speaks about in most pages of his book, is that of anger: anger is a very strong emotion; one may become passive aggressive; another may employ it as a response to a real or hypothetical external threat. As a process -using an emotion to generate thinking- seems and sounds to be correct, and primarily I would agree to that, however does that mean that this is the only scientific/methodological answer? This paper is a review on Goleman’s argument and attempts to present conceptual shortcomings which haven’t been taken into consideration when the author was presenting his argument. In this review, the order we follow to outline our counterargument to emotional intelligence are the cognitive and behavioural ABC (activating event-beliefs-consequences) models in the relationship between a trigger, a thought pattern, an emotional presentation, and a behavioural reaction, according to the CBT (cognitive-behavioural therapy) perspective. In this paper, there will also be offered connections between the emotional intelligence argument and a writing by Voltaire, a writing by Schwab & Maleret, a writing by Soros, and a writing by Bock-Côté. In the latter author, there will be finally offered some juxtapositions in line with the paradigm of psychology of religion. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
ISSN:	15121801