Emotional Intelligence

The concept of Emotional Intelligence is not new and it has been around in various forms for some 90 years, but it is the work of Daniel Goleman with his conceptualization of a range of “People skills” which he has called “emotional intelligence” a label first app[lied to this area by Salovey and Meyer in 1990, that has really brought the concept to the fore front.

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Work-life Balance and Role Stresses: A research summary

Work-life balance is not something that just happens. It involves the efforts of a number of partners: the employee, the organization for which the employee works, the family with whom the employee lives, and the society in which all are embedded. It involves mutual understanding and respect between all of these players and balance can be thought of as a set of reciprocal relationships with a set of highly inter-reliant partners.

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Understanding Cognitive Psychology

The term cognition refers to all processes by which the sensory input is transformed, reduced, elaborated, stored, recovered, and used. It is concerned with these processes even when they operate in the absence of relevant stimulation. Thus it is apparent that cognition is involved in everything a human being might possibly do; that every psychological phenomenon is a cognitive phenomenon.

Cognitive psychology attempts to understand the nature of human intelligence and how people think.

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Counseling needs and Developmental Concerns of Deprived Students

From an ecological perspective, early childhood development occurs within the multiple contexts of the home, the school, and the neighborhood, and aspects of these environments can contribute to the development of adjustment problems A child’s psychological adjustment in the school can have a significant impact on the level of success achieved later in life

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Stress: Fundamentals and Implications for Organizational Settings

Stress an unpleasant state of emotional and physiological arousal that people experience in situations that they perceive as dangerous or threatening to their well-being. The word stress means different things to different people. Some people define stress as events or situations that cause them to feel tension, pressure, or negative emotions such as anxiety and anger. Others view stress as the response to these situations. This response includes physiological changes—such as increased heart rate and muscle tension—as well as emotional and behavioral changes. However, most psychologists regard stress as a process involving a person’s interpretation and response to a threatening event.

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