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Goleman's 1995 best-selling book introduced the concept of emotional intelligence, tracing how emotions evolved from humans' survival instincts. He explained that emotions are impulses to act in response to threats. This "fight or flight" response allows animals and humans to sense and react to danger. The concept was first developed by Peter Salovey and later expanded on by Salovey and John Mayer, with Goleman helping to popularize the idea of emotional intelligence.

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Goleman's 1995 best-selling book introduced the concept of emotional intelligence, tracing how emotions evolved from humans' survival instincts. He explained that emotions are impulses to act in response to threats. This "fight or flight" response allows animals and humans to sense and react to danger. The concept was first developed by Peter Salovey and later expanded on by Salovey and John Mayer, with Goleman helping to popularize the idea of emotional intelligence.

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In the best- selling book written by Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why it can matter more

than IQ (1995), the author presented the physiological process on how emotion occur. Goleman stated
that “all emotions are, in essence, impulses to act, the instant plan for handling life that evolution has
instilled in us” he traces the origins of emotions from human race’s survival instinct to sense, detect,
assess and act on any threat to its life and survival.

This instinct is also known as the “flight or fight” response that animals and humans alike are capable of
doing when faced with danger.

The concept of emotional intelligence was first introduced by Peter Salovey, a psychologist from Yale
University who showed how intelligence can be brought to our emotions (Goleman 1995). Later on,
Salovey was joined by John Mayer, a Psychologist from the University of New Hampshire, in formulating
emotional intelligence. While Daniel Goleman popularized emotional intelligence

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