EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE FORMATION OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR(IN THE PERSPECTIVE OF ISLAMIC PSYCHOLOGY)

Abstract

Emotional intelligence greatly affects human behavior since human being can express themselves with their emotion. Emotions can also help human to form their own character. In which, later on will produce the behavior that impossible to differentiate from the influence of environment, genetic, and experience. Just try to imagine what would happen if human beings do not have emotions? It is certainly not just the same as living. It is not enough to prepare you for facing the turmoil brought by the difficulties of life. Ample of evidences show that people who are emotionally capable, can understand and deal with their own feelings. They also tend to be able to read and deal with the feelings of others effectively, which is a great advantage to have in every area of life. People who have good emotional intelligence (stable) are able to resolve the issue with a clear mind because their logic/reasoning is not affected by their unstable emotion. Thus, they will more likely to be succeed in life. So, it is clear that emotional intelligence is a great influence for human behavior because through the stability of their emotional intelligence, people can avoid themselves from the behavior that will affect poorly whether to themselves or their surrounding environment