Lecture 8

Question 1

What did Joseph & Newman’s (2010) meta-analysis of EI with personality, intelligence and job performance find about EI’s correlations with personality?

Answer 1

o Correlations with personality
♣ Stream 3 > Stream 2 > Stream 1
♣ Highest correlation between EI and emotional stability for Streams 2 and 3
• Large overlap between EI and emotional stability for Stream 3
o High enough to indicate an issue with discriminant validity
♣ Highest correlation between EI and agreeableness for Stream 1

Question 2

What did Joseph & Newman’s (2010) meta-analysis of EI with personality, intelligence and job performance find about EI’s correlations with intelligence?

Answer 2

♣ Stream 1 > Streams 2 and 3

Question 3

What did Joseph & Newman’s (2010) meta-analysis of EI with personality, intelligence and job performance find about the relationship between self-reports of emotional stability and intelligence?

Answer 3

o No relationship between self-reports of emotional stability and how well you do on cognitive tests (r = ~0)

Question 4

What EI factor did Joseph & Newman’s (2010) meta-analysis find had strongest correlation with intelligence? What could this mean?

Answer 4

♣ Strongest for Understanding (medium to large correlation)
• Could be due to use of multiple-choice construct
o Correlate with specific aspects of empathy

Question 5

What EI factor did Joseph & Newman’s (2010) meta-analysis find had strongest correlation with Agreeableness?

Answer 5

♣ Strongest for Management

Question 6

What are the 3 correlational criteria that must be met for emotional intelligence to be considered an intelligence?

Answer 6

1. EI branches relate to each other
2. EI branches relate to intelligence
3. BUT EI is distinct from known measures
   ♣ r(EI/EI) > r(EI/g) and/or factorial distinction

Question 7

Which of the 3 correlational criteria for emotional intelligence have support from studies?

Answer 7

• There is support for Criteria 1 and 2 and SOME support for Criteria 3 (e.g. MacCann (2010) )
  o But only examined Gf and Gc - EI is strongly related to Gc

Question 8

MacCann et al. (2014) proposed what about emotional intelligence?

Answer 8

o EI is a factor within the CHC Broad (Stratum II) ability domains – Gei

Question 9

What are the proposed CHC Narrow (Stratum I) abilities?

Answer 9

• Emotion perception (EP)
• Emotional understanding (EU)
• Emotion management (EM)

Question 10

What were the results of MacCann et al.’s (2014) study of emotional intelligence as a Stratum II factor of intelligence?

Answer 10

♣ Positive manifold (all the variables are positively correlated)
♣ Understanding shows the strongest correlations with all group factors of intelligence
• BUT Understanding correlations are stronger for Gf and Gc than other aspects of emotional intelligence

Question 11

What is the best-fitting model of ‘emotional intelligence’ as being an actual intelligence?

Answer 11

The Hierarchical Model with EI (CHC Theory)

Question 12

What are the EI loadings on ‘g’ in comparison to other group factors of intelligence in the hierarchical model?

Answer 12

• EI shows similar loading on ‘g’ to other group factors of intelligence

Question 13

How many primary mental abilities does the hierarchical model with EI suggest?

Answer 13

• Suggests a model of EI with three primary mental abilities
  o Emotion Perception
  o Emotion Understanding
  o Emotion Management

Question 14

What is the aim of EI “priming” tasks?

Answer 14

• The aim is to increase emotional intelligence

Question 15

Name an EI priming study

Answer 15

• Schutte & Malouff (2012)

Question 16

What were the results of Schutte & Malouff’s (2012) written “priming” tasks?

Answer 16

o Results of priming task
♣ The primes increased scores on emotional intelligence by about ½ SD (7-8 IQ points) on tests taken immediately after the task
♣ Results were larger for strategic EI (understanding + management) than experiential EI (perception + facilitation of emotion)
• Priming worked to increase EI scores by making people think analytically about their emotions

Question 17

Describe Schutte & Malouff’s (2012) “priming” tasks?

Answer 17

o TASK (Study 1): 7 priming tasks (written), starting with:

“Think
of a time during the past several days when you…”

Question 18

Describe Pool & Qualter’s (2012) EI training program?

Answer 18

o 11 weeks x 1 2hr class per week
o Students were “provided with some EI theory together with a range of activities aimed at encouraging them to gain a greater understanding of the impact emotion has on their lives and develop effective emotion management strategies.”
♣ Test feedback and score profile reflections
♣ “Mini-lectures, video clips, case studies, group tasks, discussions, role play”
♣ Reflective journal, case study report + essay
o Pre-post assessments on MSCEIT + self-perceptions of four MSCEIT abilities

Question 19

What were the results of Pool & Qualter’s (2012) EI training program?

Answer 19

♣ ALL branches of self-perceived EI improved
• Very large effect sizes (0.83 to 1.3 – equivalent to 13-20 IQ points)
♣ Only Understanding and Management abilities improved
• Moderate to large effect sizes (0.36-0.43 – equivalent to 5-6.5 IQ points)
o Perceived that they were way better after training than they actually were

Question 20

What issue was there with the results of Pool & Qualter’s (2012) EI training program?

Answer 20

There was no follow-up

Question 21

Name two studies that looked at the effects of a training program on EI

Answer 21

• Pool & Qualter (2012)

- Nelis, Quoidback, Mikolajczak & Hansenne (2009)

Question 22

What study showed the lasting effects of EI training?

Answer 22

• Nelis, Quoidback, Mikolajczak & Hansenne (2009)

Question 23

Describe Nelis, Quoidback, Mikolajczak & Hansenne’s (2009) study

Answer 23

o 6-month follow-up (pre-post); n = 19 (training), n = 18 (control)
o 4 x 2.5hr sessions over 4 weeks
o Multiple measures (all streams)

Question 24

What were the results of Nelis, Quoidback, Mikolajczak & Hansenne’s (2009) study?

Answer 24

♣ Training effects last long-term (gains lasted for 6 months after training)
♣ Largest effects for Emotion Management