An intellectual approach is when a person disregards his own emotions, kind of steps out of his own situation, and tries to look at things objectively. He uses reason and logic to form his conclusions about what to think, do or say or how to act in any situation. Some people are more able than others to separate their own emotions from a situation, but some people are quite good at it.
An emotional approach is when people disregard (or at least don't put too much weight on) the rationale, reasonable, logical aspects of a situation. An emotional approach would be when young teenagers decide they need some fun and disregard whether or not, in the long run, that fun will have consequences. An emotional approach is when a mother hears her screaming child who is having a temper and just gives the child the candy because she needs to stop the situation that's making her and others uncomfortable.
I believe that when it comes to forming opinions and making choices or any other type of thinking the intellectual approach is the only right approach because disregarding reason and logic is never usually a good thing, and at best disregarding these things leads to uninformed, incomplete, conclusions.
The person who uses the "intellectual approach" does have emotions and enjoys (or suffers with) those emotions at any time. The difference is the person with the intellectual approach keeps his own emotions in check and doesn't let them factor into decisions (most of the time, if not all of the time). Emotions are kind of an icing-on-the-cake-of-life kind of thing for people who operate out of reason and logic most of the time.
Occasionally, it may be ok to take an emotional approach. The person who is kind of blue and who decides to buy some fresh cut flowers for the table because she feels like she needs something uplifting would be giving in to a emotional need, although even in a case like this a person can introduce an intellectual approach when it comes to deciding whether the flowers are affordable or whether the person may be going on vacation and won't be around to enjoy the flowers.
An intellectual approach can consider the emotional aspects of either the person, himself, or others; but the intellect is what both designs the approach, considers all factors, and has the last word.
An emotional approach usually comes from either the person who isn't quite mature enough yet or the person who has difficulty keeping his own emotions in check and not letting them get in the way of making rational decisions. Sometimes when emotions start flaring up in a big way they can overshadow a person's intellect.
You have to be careful not to interpret something that could look like an emotional approach as that when sometimes what looks emotional is really based in reason. For example, the mother who spends a little extra for a toy a child doesn't really need may appear to be operating from less-than-logical thinking when, really, she may have reasoned out that the child recently did something particularly reward-worthy and so deserve this little indulgence.
The person who is angry at someone and who, say, slashes that person's tires is using an emotional approach. So is the person who longs for a baby and has one whether or not taking care of the baby or providing a good life for him or her is possible.
Emotions have their place, but that place isn't when it comes to making choices or decisions or forming conclusions. Intellect doesn't always have to be cold and calculating. It can live happily with, and factor in, the emotions of the person and others, when making reasoned judgments. It does, however, run the show for the person who uses an intellectual approach. The person who uses intellect as his guide knows how to "pull in" feelings that may be running wild and turn them into processed thoughts that can then be managed along with all other thoughts.
People who allow their emotions to run the show have some work to do. People who uses this approach don't pull in their feelings and turn them into thoughts that can be processed. They allow them to run wild and overcome their intellect at times.
The advantages of using an intellectual approach are numerous, far-reaching, and generally include making good choice and forming solid conclusions. There are no disadvantages as long as a person has included the existence of emotions in humans as one of the factors among a number of others.
The advantages of using an emotional approach apparently include the freedom to do whatever someone wants to do without regard to consequences and allow for the disregard of self-control or facing the realities of logic. The disadvantages of using an emotional approach include reaching poor conclusions, inaccurate conclusions, and making all kind of bad judgments.
Another advantage is that a person comes across to others as immature or worse. Using an emotional approach can result in anything from minor problems to destroying one's own or other people's lives.
2006-09-15 05:51:22
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answered by WhiteLilac1 6
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Emotional approach speaks of deciding on any issue from an emotional angle while intellect speaks of seeing it from the do's and don'ts aspect.The first approach may lead often to biased decisions because the action is based on a person's likes and dislikes. However, if emotion is tampered with reasoning, the handling becomes sound and the results arrived at are generally balanced in their reactions.
2006-09-18 01:08:40
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answered by Anonymous
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Intellectual means one will approach something and decide based on rational thought. Tangible, real substance. As opposed to emotional thinkers who rely on gut instinct based on their feelings.
Intellectual thinkers are more partial to things. They can see the matter for what it is. If it quacks it is a Duck, sort of thing. The disadvantage to this is sometimes things are missed, not everything is black or white.
Emotional thinkers get so caught up in how they feel that sometimes they miss the point. Emotions can cloud judgment. It isn't very level headed to go at something from an emotional standpoint.
2006-09-15 05:25:13
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answered by kellbell_62084 2
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Emotion is any feeling such as sad, happy, anger, laughter.
Intellect is associated with the brain.
Emotion is synonymous to mind, where as intellect is synonymous to the brain, but they are two sides of the same coin.
But, u can have intellect and still be apathetic ( lack emotion).
U can be emotional, due to a mass hysteria.
U can be emotional, and intellectual.......when there is a fire, u are scared, frightened, and u cant just sit and cry u need to look for an escape ( thats using ur intellect)
2006-09-15 12:29:10
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answered by weirdoonee 4
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Sorry - but I finished school a long time ago. Emotional approach means using your emotions, and intellectual approach means using your mind - a more scientific approach. I'm not giving details - this isn't school, so do the rest yourself.
2006-09-15 05:19:06
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answered by theophilus 5
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Emotional approach - follows intuition, good for inner life.
Intellectual approach - logical mind's approach, good for material aspect of life.
Disadvantages if interchanged.
2006-09-16 06:57:41
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answered by Spiritualseeker 7
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you would be able to desire to purpose a clean physique of strategies. coaching them by utilising occasion could be a competent theory. Answering their questions, coping with their concerns, a sort of having down interior the trenches with them and exhibiting them that's conceivable to do what's anticipated. That alongside with telling them that in the event that they attempt and fail they are going to be forgiven for falling short; that they are able to and could attempt lower back will paintings miracles. they might probable be endlessly grateful.
2016-11-07 09:34:42
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answered by Anonymous
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Intellect is the steering wheel and emotion is the gasoline.
2006-09-15 05:13:09
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answered by Anonymous
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emotional approach-make us nice man
'intellecutual approach-make us bad
E.A.-RELATED HEART
I.A.-RELATED MIND
e.a.-u newer forward in life
i.a.-get forward in life
E.A.-LOSS
I.A.-PROFIT
according bible mind is only cause for crime and worry in the world.
emotionless man is very danger
successful person n rich person is worst if he is not sensitive.
2006-09-15 13:24:37
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answered by dr b 2
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