The fight or flight response is commonly defined as a physiological reaction to a perceived attack or threat. This bodily response was first discovered by Walter Cannon (1929) while observing animals’ behavior under stressful circumstances; his findings revealed that when animals feel threatened, the sympathetic nervous system reacts by providing...

The Concept of Emotional Intelligence As theory evolves, the essential concept of emotional intelligence (EI) has undergone revision, and revision expanding its basic meaning. Initially, EI was perceived as a complex system of feeling and thought, in which the various elements function in complementary ways. It was seen as the...