Emotional Intelligence Flashcards
What is emotional intelligence?
‘The ability to perceive and express emotion, assimilate
emotion in thought, understand and reason with emotion, and regulate emotion in the self and others
Maryer, Salovey and Caruso
Who made the emotional intelligence four branch model?
Mayer and Salovey
What is an ability model
Does not include personality
Measures on a specific theoretical framework
What is mixed ability model?
Focus on real world application
Focus on defining an emotional intelligence person
Behavioural and personality characteristics
What is the basis of the Mayer and Salovey model?
Framed EI in a model of intelligence
Mental ability + informational processing model
Known as an ability model
What are the 4 branches of emotional intelligence (M & S)?
Managing emotions to attain specific goals
Understanding emotions, emotional language and signals
Using emotions to facilitate thinking
Perceive emotional in oneself and others accurately
What is the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso emotional intelligence test consist of?
141 items (30-45 mins to complete)
8 tasks (2 for each of the 4 branches of the EI model)
Self reports (social desirability)
What does the MSCEIT model provide?
15 main scores: total EI score, 2 area scores, 4 branch scores and 8 task scores
What does Mayer and Salovey see emotional intelligence as?
A series of mental ability
What are the gender differences with Mayer and Salovey?
Women tend to score significantly higher than men across perception, integration, understanding
and management.
Who looked at gender differences in M&S?
Day and Carrol
What did Day and Carrol find?
Effect size for emotional intelligence higher in women than men
Who formulated EI in terms of theory of performance?
Goleman 1995
What did Goleman’s theory of EI?
Emphasis on physiology such as the amygdala
Adapted to predict personal effectiveness at work and in leadership
A mixed ability model (use of both biological and personality factors)
What are 5 components within Goleman’s model that can enhance emotional intelligence?
Self-regulation
Self-awareness
Self-motivation
Empathy
Relationship management
Social skills added in later
What are the gender differences for Goleman’s?
Provided different descriptors of an emotionally intellgent man and woman
Who placed EI in the context of personality theory?
Bar-on 2005
What is Bar-on’s theory?
Influenced by Darwin’s early work due to importance of emotional expression for survival
Mixed ability model
What is the main precursor in the Bar-on model of emotional intelligence?
Effective emotional and social functioning which leads to wellbeing
What does emotion-social intelligence consist of in Bar-on’s model?
Interrelated competence abilities that allow us to understand others, cope with our environment and express emotions
What are the 5 main components in Bar-on’s model?
Intrapersonal skills
Interpersonal skills
Adaptability
Stress management
General mood
What are the key components of emotional-social intelligence?
The ability to recognise, understand and express emotions and feelings
The ability to understand how others feel and relate with them
The ability to manage and control emotions
The ability to manage change, adapt and solve problems of a personal and interpersonal nature
The ability to generate positive affect and be self-motivated
How many aspects are there of social and emotional competence?
15
Who looked at gender differences for Bar-On?
Bar-On 1997
What did Bar-On find?
No significant difference found between men and women for overall emotional intelligence. But
difference found across subscales
What is the emotional quotient inventory?
Self-report measure of
emotionally and socially
intelligent behaviour that
provides an estimate
of emotional-social intelligence.
What does the What is the emotional quotient inventory consist of?
Contains 133 items, five point scoring (ranging from “very seldom or not true of me” to “very often true of me or true of me”).
What does th 5 scales of the emotional quotient inventory match with?
Five scales match up to the
five domains from the Bar-On model, produces an overall emotional-social intelligence score.
What happens to the scores on the EMI)
Scores are standardised and
converted to an EQ score
(Mean = 100, Standard
Deviation = 15; just like IQ
scores!).
What does a high score mean in the EQ-I)?
High score= effective emotional and social functioning
What does a low score mean in the EQ-I?
Lower score= difficulty in managing daily demands and presence of emotional/social difficulties