“All learning has an emotional basis”, this quote was said by one of the greatest Greek philosophers Plato. The idea that emotions are the basis of learning is the foundation of emotional intelligence. Emotional intelligence is the term coined by psychologists John Mayer and Peter Salovey. It referred to an individual's ability to observe, manage and evaluate their emotions. Many researchers believed that individuals could learn and strengthen their emotional intelligence, and others claimed that it was an innate trait that people were born with. Nonetheless, both agreed that emotional intelligence was an essential tool needed to assess the emotions of oneself and others (Sternberg, 2000, p. 300). As soon as psychologists in the 1940s began to focus more on cognition, they began to research and write more about intelligence and other cognitive aspects, such as problem solving and memory. But it was David Wechsler who began to recognize that certain non-cognitive aspects had to be taken into account. Wechsler himself defined intelligence as "the individual's overall or comprehensive ability to act purposefully, think rationally, and effectively manage his or her environment." Wechsler believed that it is both the non-intellectual and intellective elements that are important in detecting a person's ability to succeed in life. And these elements included environmental and other personal factors of an individual's life (Wechsler, 1940, p. 103). David Wechsler's work on intelligence has inspired many psychologists to continue their research in this area. Like Wechsler, Robert Thorndike also conducted intelligence research. Thorndike, along with Saul Stern, attempted to review the... middle of article ......tion, clarity, and repair: Exploring Emotional Intelligence Using the Trait Meta-Mood Scale . In J. W. Pennebaker (Ed.), Emotion, disclosure, and health (pp. 125–154). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.5. Wechsler, D. (1940). Non-intellectual factors in general intelligence. Psychological Bulletin, 37, 444-445.6. Thorndike, R.L. and Stern, S. (1937). An evaluation of attempts to measure social intelligence. Psychological Bulletin, 34, 275-284.7. Gardner, H. (1993). Frames of mind: Theory of multiple intelligences. New York: Basic Books8. Jones, D.K. and Nugent, F.A. (2009). Introduction to the Counseling Profession: Fifth Edition. New Jersey: Pearson Inc.9. Goleman, D. (1995). Emotional intelligence: why it may be more important than IQ. New York: BantamBooks.10. Goleman, D. (1998). Working with emotional intelligence. New York: Bantam Books.