w7 - Individual Difference in Emotion Flashcards
How do early definition conceive of emotional intelligence ?
As an ability
What is the biggest dissagreement in the literature regarding ET?
Whether it can be measured as an ability (like I.Q), or not.
Model of EI
What does the **ability ** model beleive about EI
Mayer & Salovey
EI is built from a subset of skills that form the larger whole of EI
Model(s) of EI
How dose trait or mixed models differ ability models?
Trait and mixed models include self-reported skils in their measures
ability models do not include self-reports
What is the difference between trait and mixed models?
Trait models : ONLY considers self reported skills.
Mixed = Trait (self-reports) + ability
in 2016
What two aspects were added to Mayer & and Salovey Four-branch Model
Recognising cultural and contextual differences in emotion
Accurately forcasting future emotions: Affecting forcasting
What does the Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence task (MSCEIT) measure?
What four skills?
The four skills of perceived emotional intelligence.
1. Perceiving
2. Using
3. Understanding
4. Managing
What does the MSCEIT test implicitly assume?
That there is no variance in how people perceive of conceptualise emotion
Contrary to psychological construction theory
What does Situational Test of Emotional Understanding (STEU) focus on, and which theory does it use?
Focuses on causes of emotions
Uses appraisal theory to determine correct answers, and assesses what causes emotions
How does Situational Test of Emotional Understanding score EI?
Tests whether someone is able to correctly appraise a situation
What is used to inform MSCEIT scoring?
Consensus scoring
What are the 2 MSCEIT scoring keys, what is the issue?
- Consensus among 21 WEIRD experts
- Consensus amoung 5,000 test takes
Issue: very high correlation between both keys
Limitation of ability models #1
Answers to it’s items
There are no objective answers to questions of EI
Unlike IQ
Limitation of ability models #2
What do these tests ignore?
Context, culutre, and status.
Limitation of ability models #3
Emotions are …
Complex
What are the 5 scales of Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire ?
Intrapersonal
Interpersonal
Adaptability
Stress Management
General Mood
Limitation of mixed and trait models #1
Large overlap with …
Personality measures.
Larger than for ability tests.
Limitation of mixed and trait models #2
Assesed using self reports
Vulnerable to social desirability / faking
How is emotion differentiation defined?
Labelling emotional experiences with a high degree of accuracy
Emotional differentiation and wellbeing
ppl hig vs. low in emotional differentiation were likely to do - what - during negative emotion
Drink less alcohol.
Relationship between emotion regulation stratergies and emotion differentiators
Use of emotional regulation stratergies was less effective for low ED
More rumination
What is one evidenced stratergy to improve ED?
Self-monitoring
Ford & Gross, 2019
What two beliefs are theorised to be influential on our emotions?
- To what extent are emotions good versus bad
- To what extent are emotions controllable versus uncontrollable
What is a belief that emotions helps assoicated with ?
2 assoications
Better performance on a stressful task
Higher perceived social support
Difference between entity and incremental theories of emotion.
Entity: emotions are fixed
Incremental: emotions are changable
What neglecting a belief that emtions are controlable lead to?
The adoption of less effective emotional stratergies
Avoidance
