Cognitive Intelligence or Emotional Intelligence
Is it more important to
have a high cognitive intelligence or a higher emotional intelligence or do we
need both to be successful working as a professional social care practitioner.
What is Cognitive Intelligence?
"Cognitive
intelligence is the intellectual ability to reason; have logic; reading;
analysing and prioritizing and writing. It is your brain that uses the
neocortex and not the emotional centers of the brain. In other words you have
great control over your own emotions in order to resolve many problems most
individuals will have to deal with in a rational and controlled manner.
"Answers.com (2012)
What is Emotional Intelligence?
“Emotional
intelligence is the ability to recognize your emotions, understand what they're
telling you, and realize how your emotions affect people around you. Emotional
intelligence also involves your perception of others: when you understand how
they feel, this allows you to manage relationships more effectively.
People
with high emotional intelligence are usually successful in most things they do.
Why? Because they're the ones that others want on their team. When people with
high EI send an email, it gets answered. When they need help, they get it.
Because they make others feel good, they go through life much more easily than
people who are easily angered or upset.” Mind Tools (LTD)
In
order to work as a social care practitioner you need to be able to plan and
implement individual specialised programmes of care, depending on the needs of
the service users. You also need to be able to relate to people from different
cultures or backgrounds or people with mild or severe disabilities or people who
may have become homeless through poverty, alcohol or drug addiction, you need
to have empathy and compassion, be trustworthy and have altruism.
In
my opinion you do need to have cognitive intelligence but your need to have a
higher emotional intelligence to be able to relate to people as a caring
professional in Social Care.
Reference List
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- Answers.com (2012(online ) available at http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_cognitive_intelligence accessed on 25/11/2012
- Images (online) available at http://blog.matrisms.com/?p=1811 accessed on the 07/12/12.
- Images (online) available at http://oneinabillionconsulting.blogspot.ie/2011/04/emotionally-intelligent-leaders-by.html accessed on the 07/12/12
- Mindtools Ltd (2012) (online) available at http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newCDV_59.htm accessed on the 08/12/12
- Images (2012) (online) available at http://oneinabillionconsulting.blogspot.ie/2010/09/can-you-really-walk-in-someone-elses.html 09/12/12
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