Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to an individual’s awareness of their emotions, the emotions of others, and the ability to manage them and act appropriately. These abilities are important for individuals that work in helping professions, sales, and public relations. These skills are also important to individuals needing to maintain or improve personal relationships such as…
In a previous post, we indicated that taking a nap has many benefits regarding your cognition. Cognition is the mental process of attaining knowledge and understanding through your thoughts, experiences, and senses. It is important to note that a growing body of work indicates that sleep has these positive effects because it increases activation. Activation…
Intelligence has an innate basis. Yet, a number of scientists indicate how smart you become is dependent on your environment (Sternberg, 2009). To put it another way, you can shape and even increase your intelligence through various types of programs and interventions. According to Sternberg’s theory of intelligence, intelligence has three dimensions. These concern a…
When it comes to the topic of napping most of us will agree that taking a nap feels good. According to Sara Mednick, Ph.D. talking a nap will actually make you smarter. In her book, Take a Nap! Change your life. Mednick maintains that napping has a number of scientifically proven benefits. They are: Increasing…
A link is one of the best ways to remember a list of things. The link strategy is best suited for learning lists of things. The person forms an image for each item in a list of things to be learned. Then, you picture each image as interacting with the next item on the list…
According to Bandura (2012) self-efficacy is the belief in ones capabilities to organize and execute the sources of action required to manage prospective situations. The idea emphasizes the exercise of human agency; specifically, peoples’ ability to exercise influence over what they think and do. Examples of self-efficacy include a person’s belief that they can perform…