Emotional Intelligence Flashcards
an area or range of personal distinctions characterized by specific qualities.
Domain
that part of the consciousness that involves feeling and the capacity to detect and respond to sensory stimuli.
Emotion
the capacity in our lives that enables us to correctly experience and use feelings and sensibility.
Emotional Strengths
the totality of surrounding things, conditions, or influences.
Environment
non-rational, internal sensation not connected with sight, hearing taste, smell, or what is classically correlated to touch.
feeling
responsiveness or susceptibility to sensory stimuli.
sensibility
qualities or features that bring power, force, vigor, or sustenance
strengths
n American culture, Biblical literacy was high from its founding in the late 1400s until when?
1950s
What does Psalm 37:4 teach us about our emotions?
That emotions (desires) are a natural part of us and that God wants them to be fulfilled.
What does Romans 12:1-3 teach us about the relationship between emotions and the mind
That the pattern of this world is designed to fulfill our I-centered desires. It teaches us that we are to renew (change) our mind and focus upon what God’s plan (will) for our life is – His good, pleasing, perfect will.
What are the two core desires that an individual seeks?
A: To be appreciated
B: To have a sense of significance
The ability to read, write, understand, and express yourself is being
Literate
What became the primary literacy in American culture from the 1950s until our present day?
Secular Humanism
What was the primary reason for this shift?
The implementation of secular humanism in government schools .
Is secular humanism a new philosophy, created in just this century?
No
What is the secular humanistic philosophy described in the Bible as fulfillment of one’s emotional desires and feelings as the focus of life?
Epicurean
What is the secular humanistic philosophy described in the Bible as fulfillment of one’s logical mind with structure and order as the focus of life?
Stoic
What author stated that his grandparents Biblical literacy,
Allan Bloom in Closing of the American Mind
What addictions are found in emotionally unhealthy people, that suffer from:
A: Anger – Opiates, Pain
B: Medication, Marijuana
C: Anxiety
D: Depression – Narcotics (Cocaine)
Explain how the scriptural concept of “hope” is illustrated in the studies given on the success optimistic individuals experience in life.
Through our study of scripture we have learned how to “consider it pure joy when we face trials” because we know that it only when we persevere through our trials that we can build our character and mature. This process gives us hope whenever we face future trials.
Individuals with intrapersonal emotional skills will be able to display which two emotional strengths?
A; Self-awareness
B: Self-management
Individuals with interpersonal emotional skills will be able to display which two emotional strengths?
A: Social-awareness
B: Relationship-management
Who is the individual who did a study on the differences in how optimistic and pessimistic individuals respond to failure?
Martin Seligman
What is the interpersonal manner an optimistic person will respond to failure?
View the situation as something that can be changed
What is the interpersonal manner a pessimistic person will respond to failure?
Find who to blame for the failure and attached it to conditions outside their control – which they determine will not change.
What is the intrapersonal manner an optimistic person will respond to failure?
View the situation as an opportunity to grow and mature (which is the ONLY place you can develop your Emotional Intelligence)
What is the intrapersonal manner a pessimistic person will respond to failure?
View the situation as an example of a PERSONAL defect that can’t be corrected
What is an external locus of control?
the belief that life and behavior is ruled by other people / external circumstances
What is an internal locus of control?
the belief that life and behavior is ruled by their own personal decisions and action
What are the name of the two professors listed in our textbook as proposing the concept of emotional intelligence.
A: John Mayer, University of New Hampshire
B: Peter Salovey, Yale University
What is the name of the author of the best-selling book entitled Emotional
Intelligence?
Daniel Goleman
List the 8 Characteristics given from the book used in class that describes the abilities people with high emotional intelligence possess:
1: Motivate oneself
2: Persist in the face of
3: frustrations
4: Control impulse
5: Delay gratification
6: Regulate one’s mood
7: Keeping distress from
8: swamping your ability to think
9: To empathize
10: To hope
Who wrote Emotional Intelligence 2.0, in order to provide a simpler understanding of emotional intelligence?
Travis Bradberry
What are the nine behaviors that the author of Emotional Intelligence 2.0, list that emotionally intelligence people will not do?
- They won’t let anyone limit their joy
- They won’t forget
- They won’t die in a fight
- They won’t prioritize perfection
- They won’t live in the past
- They won’t dwell on problems
- They won’t hang around negative people
- They won’t hold grudges
- They won’t say yes unless they really want to
In which area do YOU identify with having the highest Emotional Intelligence and why?
Your own answer
In which area do YOU identify with having the lowest level of Emotional Intelligence and why?
Your own answer
What is the only way you can improve your emotional intelligence?
By identifying where you are suffering from the effects of lacking the skill, making a change not to think/do it, and DOING the correct emotional adjustment.
Studies have shown that having high EQ (Emotional Intelligence) is a better indicator of future success that having a high____
IQ
When discussing the 4 skills/strengths above, determining the “right” mood is critical to one’s success.
Right” is defined by what you have ____ in.
faith
And this is the opportunity to impact the culture by choosing not to follow the secular call of ______ , but rather the call from God to _______ .
competitive performance/appearance, serve in love
The identification of the mood requires a____ of understanding that your _____ to explain what “mood you’re in” is limited by your______ to express yourself – your emotional literacy:
humility, ability, ability
A. Vocabulary (reading, studying, etc)
B. Exposure to moods (through media, family, etc)
Where is the place where your emotional literacy (your schooling) begins?
FAMILY
What are the five (5) base skills that are the foundation of your emotional schooling?
- Learn how to feel about yourself
- How others react to your feelings
- How to think about your feelings
- Choices we have in reacting to our feelings
- How to read and express hopes and fears
According to our textbook, the basis for emotional intelligence is made up of what four (4) skills or strengths?
- Identifying and Expressing emotions
- Use or Generate emotions
- Understand Emotions
- Manage Emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
When you are able to discern between different types of emotion, you show the skill of how to:
Identify and Express emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
When you are able to analyze the possible causes of emotions and predict what kind of emotions people will have in different situations, you show the skill of how to:
Understand emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
When you have the ability to regulate your emotions in yourself and other people, you show the skill of how to:
manage emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
When you have the ability to know which emotions or moods are best for any given situation, you show the skill of how to:
use or generate emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
When you have the ability to recognize the level of intensity of the emotion present, you show the skill of how to:
identify and express emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
If you are an individual who does not know how to express feelings, then you likely have a hard time:
identify and express emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
If you are an individual who does not know how feelings influence thinking, then you likely have a hard time:
use or generate emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
If you are an individual who gets more and more frustrated about the whole quiz each time you miss one of these multiple choice questions, then you likely have a hard time:
manage emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
If you are an individual who is confused why your casual comments upset people, then you likely have a hard time:
understand emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
If you are an individual who can’t ever seem to motivate others, then you likely have a hard time:
use or generate emotions
Identify which of the four abovementioned skills in the question above is being used in the following:
If you are an individual who gets quiet and pulls away from people after being rejected, then you likely have a hard time:
identify ans express emotions
What are the seven key ingredients to see if an individual is emotionally ready to learn:
- Confidence – being self-assured
- Curiosity – being interested
- Intentionality – being aware of what behavior is expected
- Self-control – being aware of how to rein in the impulse to misbehave
- Patience – being able to wait
- Capacity to communicate – expressing needs while getting along with others
- Cooperativeness – turn to teachers/mentors for assistance
What are the five steps (5) towards managing your time?
Become Proactive Audit your time Establish priorities Set S.M.A.R.T. goals Create a workable schedule
Fill in the acronym that is used for setting S.M.A.R.T. goals.
Specific Measurable Achievable Relevant Time-Framed
List five (5) of the eleven (11) Positive Attributes in Social Interaction:
- Speak directly to others when spoken to
- Initiate social contact
- Don’t wait for others to initiate social contact
- Carry on a conversation
- Don’t fall back on yes-or-no/one-word answers
- Express gratitude towards others
- Let another person walk before yourself when passing through a door
- Wait until one person is served something, before serving oneself
- Thank others
- Say please
- To share
List five (5) of the eleven (11) Negative Attributes in Social Interaction:
- Don’t seem to know how or when to end a conversation or phone call and keep on talking.
- Oblivious to all cues and hints to say good-bye
- Conversation centers on themselves all the time
- Isn’t interested in what others have to say
- Ignore tentative attempts to refocus upon another
- Intrude and ask “nosy” questions
- Stands too close while talking
- Spreads their belongings into other people’s space
- Interpreting or using body language poorly
- Misinterpreting or misusing facial expressions (like not making eye contact)
- Poor sense of emotional speech (talking too shrilly or flatly).
What is the moment of peril that all people face when interacting within a group?
Will they be accepted or rejected by the group
What is the universal predicament that happens to everyone when interacting within a group?
Everyone is rejected by the group at some point
When a person is _____ more often, they are in danger of becoming a ___
rejected, bully
What are the three (3) primary bad habits that increase the occurrence of a negative outcome when interacting within a group:
A. Try to change the subject too abruptly or too soon
B. Try to change the subject to support their own opinions
C. Simply disagree with others right away
