Practical and Emotional IntelligencePractical intelligence is the cognitive ability to use practicality or common sense to adapt to and solve everyday, real-world problems. Practical intelligence relates to our successes in daily living (Sternberg, 2000,2002b; Sternberg & Hedlund, 2002; Wagner, 2002; Muammar, 2007; Lievens & Chan, 2010) and is absorbed primarily through the process of observing others’ behaviors (Stemler & Sternberg, 2006; Stemler et al., 2009). General customs and values are easy to grasp for those who are considered to have high practical intelligence. Not only do they learn quickly, they demonstrate their knowledge by applying what they have learned to fit situations (Feldman, 2013, pg. 385).
[Page 3] The Human Brain is also an open-ended system: one of the most common cognitive systems that can be hypothesized to be active for many neuroimaging research, but as our research progresses we are developing new ways to incorporate more complex mental models (Gutnick, 2005; Ojeda, 2003; Sternberg, 2004; Sternberg & Sternberg, 2005); and understanding those specific human cognitive systems will further our understanding of how to better understand and understand individual psychological models, as well as the interactions of individual and community factors (Sternberg, 2007; Sternberg &, 2007a,b; Sternberg, 2008). It is also a potential factor that, though it can be difficult to interpret in all respects, can be used as a form of intelligence-related therapy for people who develop a variety of psychological challenges and problems (Gutnick, 2005; Sternberg, 2004; Sternberg, 2007a,b; Sternberg &, 2007a,b, c).
Practical intelligence in psychology suggests a range of mechanisms by which our brains learn new forms of information and then process those new forms of information, as well as how those new information can be applied to cope and be used for psychological therapy or other purposes (Sternberg, 2005; Sternberg &, 2007a). Such a range of mechanisms and practices may vary in different contexts and populations of people in order to minimize the range and the variety of possible strategies used within an individual’s situation and also in individual populations (Lindenberg, 2003). Practical intelligence in psychology may be employed as a form of psychotherapy, for example, in which a person with particular psychological disorders is presented with information and experiences of things that are not present in everyday life and for which they need support. It is also possible to develop cognitive processes that are more like human capacities that enable a person to use them to assist one’s personal circumstances, including those of support or family members and to improve their functioning. Psychoanalysts who have investigated the practice of practical intelligence have found that many people with psychological disorders also have a wide knowledge-base and often develop a range of knowledge-generatives that are related in some way. The use of practical intelligence as a therapeutic tool can be seen clearly in one of the most common forms of psychiatric psychotherapy, in which patients develop ideas for ways of coping with their lives with specific problems. In such cases they are asked questions like, “How can you cope with these problems?” and whether they have developed a ‘new way of coping’ with their problems, including how to understand and use them in coping with problems. These are the processes that help develop a new way of coping. It seems that
Emotional intelligence on the other hand, is the capability to relate to the feelings and emotions of others’ (Feldman, 2013, pg. 285). Emotional intelligence is much like empathy, which is having the ability to understand and relate to the emotional process of another person. Those with high emotional intelligence is known to have a high sense of self-awareness, are able to get along well with as well as have a high degree of sensitivity to others (Feldman, 2013, pg. 285).
The difference between practical and emotional intelligence is that practical intelligence is learned by studying other peoples’ behaviors while emotional intelligence is the ability for a person to relate to others’ by demonstrating empathy.
Practical intelligence is important in the workplace because many work etiquettes are expected but not actually taught. An example of practical intelligence in the workplace is to simply be courteous of others. Fill the copier with paper if you printed a generous amount of documents, change the coffee filter in the coffee maker if it requires it or replace the roll of toilet paper if you used the last piece. Practical intelligence is also important because it allows for appropriate social behavior within a work setting.
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