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Under the traditional sense, intelligence includes the ability to read, write and count that as a skill of words and numbers that are the focus on formal education (schools), and actually lead a person to achieve success in academics. But the definition of success not only this life. Developing new view says that there are other intelligences out intellectual intelligence (IQ), such as talent, acumen social observation, social relationships, emotional maturity, and others who must also be developed.

Emotion has long been considered to have depth and strength so that in Latin, for example, emotion is described as Motus anima which literally means the spirit that moves us. The root of the word emotion is movere, the Latin verb meaning. Moving, moving. Emotions have a role in improving the construction process thoughts in various forms of human life experience. Salovey and Mayers defines emotions as organized responses, including physiological systems, which pass through the various sub-systems boundary psychological, such as cognition, motivation, and experience. This understanding suggests that emotion is a response to stimuli from the environment around a well-organized sub-system through psychological.

Crow and Crow in Hartati states that emotion is a highly volatile situation on the individual self that serves as an inner adjustment to the environment to achieve the welfare and safety of individuals. Emotions in this definition is a role in decisions that determine the welfare and safety of individuals. Ibda states that emotion is a feeling and pikiranpikiran his trademark. A state of biological and psychological-and a series of tendencies to act. While Sarlito Wirawan Sartono in Syamsu argues that emotions are any circumstances in a person who accompanied affective color at both the weak and the broad level (depth).

According Wibowo (2002) (in Melandy and Aziza, 2006) emotional intelligence is emotional intelligence for use in accordance with the desire, ability to control emotions so as to provide a positive impact. Emotional intelligence can help build relationships in happiness and prosperity. Meanwhile, according to Cooper and Sawaf (1998) (in Mu'tadin, 2002) emotional intelligence is the ability to perceive, understand, and effectively apply the power and sensitivity of emotion as a source of energy, information, connections and influence human. According to Salovey and Mayer (in Rissyo and Aziza, 2006), Creator of the term "emotional intelligence", defines emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize feelings, reach out and evoke feelings to help the mind, to understand the feeling and meaning, and control the feeling of depth that helped the development of emotional and intellectual.

Of the few opinions on the above, then the emotion is a response to the stimulus provided, either from the environment or from within the individual himself-so that individuals can make choices in life that determine their lives. Emotion as a psychological event contains the following characteristics: first, more subjective than other psychological events, such as observation and thinking. second, fluctuated (not fixed), and third, a lot has to do with the events of the introduction of the five senses.

There are two kinds of opinions about the emotion that is opinion and opinion navistik empiristik. Opinion navistik assume that emotions are essentially innate, while opinion empiristik think that emotion is formed by experience and learning. Some people think that the feelings and emotions are the same. But Sabri in his book reveals that between feelings and emotions are different. In a sense there is the willingness of contacts with external situations (both positive and negative), while the emotional contacts seemed to be cracked or broken (for example, shocked, frightened, sleepy, etc.).

Components of Emotional Intelligence

According to Goleman (2003) in Nuraini (2007) there are five dimensions or components of emotional intelligence (EQ), namely:

1. Self awareness : Knowing his own feelings or what is perceived and used it to guide decision-making yourself and have a realistic benchmark for the ability and confidence is strong
2. Self regulation : Control their own emotions so that a positive impact on the performance of duties; sensitive from conscience and capable of delaying pleasure before the achievement of a target, capable of recovering from emotional stress.
3. Motivation : Using a desire to mobilize and lead toward a goal, helping to take the initiative and act very effective and enduring face of failure and frustration
4. Empathy : Sensing that felt by other people and understand their perspective, foster a trusting relationship and align ourselves with the variety of people
5. Social skill : The ability to build relationships with others; Handling emotions well when dealing with others and carefully read the situation and social networks and interact with current and use this skill to influence others