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Raemie’s Homepage

“If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that. ”

-Goethe

My name is Raemie and this is my homepage for psychology 459 taught by Dr. Leon James. He is well known for his contributions to Road Rage and often referred to as Dr. Driving. Emotional Intelligence surrounds this course material and is a subject of great interest to me.

Being emotionally intelligent as defined by Mayer, Caruso, & Salovey in Emotional Intelligence In Everyday Life: a scientific inquiry (p.10) as:

(1) The ability of Emotional awareness to perceive emotions accurately

a. Emotions in faces music and designs

(2) The ability to use emotions to facilitate thought

a. Accurately relating emotions to other basic sensations (e.g. colors and textures) Using emotions to shift perspectives

(3) The ability to understand emotions and their meanings

a. Ability to analyze emotions in parts. Ability to understand likely transitions from one feeling to another. Ability to understand complex feelings in stories

(4) Ability to manage emotions

a. Ability to manage emotions in the self. Ability to manage emotions in others.

As emotional beings we each have a ‘three-fold self’ as termed by Dr. James. They are habits of feeling, thought and sensorimotor/acting out. The three-fold self can be both negative and positive, about yourself or others/world. The three-fold self has a direct impact on yourself and others/world. Thus creating a cycle of negative or of positive emotions, termed ‘spin cycle’. Because we want to strive for the best in ourselves, understanding the threefold self is important.

Dr. James as a guide to help you or others created ‘The Four Options Diagram’ develop a greater understanding to this topic. If you would like to e-mail Dr. Leon James simply click on the envelope