Sunday, December 9, 2012

What little understanding that survives

Education is what survives when what has been learned [taught is] forgotten
B. F. Skinner, New Scientist, May 21, 1964. US psychologist (1904 - 1990)

Do you not know, my son, with what little understanding the world is ruled?
Pope Julius III

Friday, November 23, 2012

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Emotional intelligence, adjustment and intelligence

Study* with 1.011 adolescents in Mysore, India:
"Intelligence was predicted by adjustment, emotional intelligence, socioeconomic status and an interaction of these variables and the prediction percentage is quite high - R2>30%."

* "A study on relationships between intelligence, emotional intelligence and adjustment among adolescents" - Sitaram, Lakshmi e Saraswathi, University of Mysore Dec-2004