Development of emotional intelligence in psychologists' training by case study of the course "Methodological foundations of psychology"

The article considers the main theses of the problem of emotional intelligence that were developed in Russian and foreign psychology as a basis of the emotional intelligence development. Scientific novelty of the author's approach implemented in the teaching of the "Methodological Foundations of Psychology" course is determined by a number of criteria: 1) building of exercises aimed at updating of subject's role, reinforcing persistence, allowing creative fulfilment; 2) learning of the principles, categories, and paradigms of psychology in the emotionally attractive form, which contributes to the development of emotional intelligence; 3) heuristic potential of exercises based on the cognitive affective nature of humour.