SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE --- THE NEW SCIENCE OF HUMAN RELATIONSHIPS
by Daniel Goleman. Bantam Books, 2006
    PROLOGUE --- Unveiling a new science (p3-12)

    PART 1 --- WIRED TO CONNECT (p13-101)

        [1] The sociable brain (p4-6)

        [2] Social corrosion (p5-7)

        [3] Creeping disconnection (p7-9)

        [4] Social inheritance (p9-11)

        [5] Acting wisely (p11-12)

      1) The Emotional economy (p13-26)

      2) A recipe for rapport (p27-37)

      3) Neural WiFi (p38-49)

      4) An instinct for altruism (p50-62)

      5) The neuroanatomy of a kiss (p63-81)

        BRAIN DIAGRAM: Some principal areas in the neural circuitry of the social brain (p81)

      6) What is "Social Intelligence"? (p82-101)

        DEFINITION:

          "Social Awareness" (p84)

          "Social Facility" (p84)

        [1] Primal empathy (p85-86)

        [2] Attunement (p86-88)

        [3] Empathic accuracy (p88-90)

        [4] Social cognition (p90-91)

        [5] Synchrony (p91-92)

        [6] Self-presentation (p93-94)

        [7] Influence (p94-96)

        [8] Concern (p96-97)

        [9] Educating the low road (p97-100)

        [10] Social intelligence reconsidered (p100-101)

    PART 2 --- BROKEN BONDS (p103-101)

      7) You and "It" (p105-116)

        [1] I-You (p106-107)

        [2] Feeling felt (p108-110)

        [3] The utility of the "It" (p110-112)

        [4] The pain of rejection (p112-114)

        [5] Empathy or projection? (p114-116)

      8) The dark triad (p117-132)

      9) Mindblind (p133-143)

    PART 3 --- NURTURING NATURE (p145-186)

    PART 4 --- LOVE'S VARIETIES (p187-220)

    PART 5 --- HEALTHY CONNECTIONS (p221-263)

    PART 6 --- SOCIAL CONSEQUENCE (p265-310)

    EPILOGUE --- What really matters (p311-319)

    APPENDIX A --- The high and low roads --- a note (p321-322)

    APPENDIX B --- The social brain (p333-328)

    APPENDIX C --- Rethinking Social Intelligence (p329-334)

      How "Social Intelligence" theories fit into the "Emotional Intelligence" model (p331)

        EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE --- SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE

          [1] Self-Awareness --- Social Awareness

            (1) Primal empathy

            (2) Empathic accuracy

            (3) Listening

            (4) Social cognition

          [2] Self-Management --- Social Facility (Relationship Management)

            (1) Synchrony

            (2) Self-Presentation

            (3) Influence

            (4) Concern

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (p335-336)

    NOTES (p337-391)

    INDEX (p393-403)

    AUTHOR'S BACKGROUND (from cover blurb)

      Daniel Goleman is the author of the bestseller books, Emotional Intelligence and Working with Emotional Intelligence, and is a coauthor of the book Primal Leadership. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard and has reported on the brain and behavioral sciences in the New York Times newspaper for many years and contributed to other major books, including Business --- the Ultimate Resource.
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