Emotional Intelligence: The ultimate guide to knowing yourself! (Influential Psychology Series Book 4)

Welcome to Emotional Intelligence!

Emotional intelligence is the ability to monitor one's own and other people's emotions, to discriminate between different emotions and label them appropriately, and to use emotional information to guide thinking and behavior.

There are three models of EI.

The ability model, developed by Peter Salovey and John Mayer, focuses on the individual's ability to process emotional information and use it to navigate the social environment.

The trait model as developed by Konstantin Vasily Petrides, "encompasses behavioral dispositions and self perceived abilities and is measured through self report".

The final model, the mixed model is a combination of both ability and trait EI. It defines EI as an array of skills and characteristics that drive leadership performance, as proposed by Daniel Goleman.

Studies have shown that people with high EI have greater mental health, exemplary job performance, and more potent leadership skills. Markers of EI and methods of developing it have become more widely coveted in the past few decades. In addition, studies have begun to provide evidence to help characterize the neural mechanisms of emotional intelligence.
Criticisms have centered on whether EI is a real intelligence and whether it has incremental validity over IQ and the Big Five personality traits.

Test 1: In each of the following choose from a scale of 1-5 which of these statements you most agree with or is most applicable to yourself. Choose 5 for most agree=most applicable, down to 1 for least agree=least applicable.
Loud noise aggravates me.
When I get little aches and pains, I often worry that it could be something more serious.
Sometimes I cannot get to sleep as I have too much on my mind.
I find it difficult to switch off completely and totally relax.
I sometimes get angry with myself if I make a mistake or do not do something to the standard I have set myself.
Test 2 :Answer each question or statement by choosing which one of the three alternative responses given is most applicable to you.
1 Do you prefer to work alone, or as part of a team?
a) No strong preference.
b) Alone.
c) As part of a team.
2 -What is your ideal way of celebrating your birthday?
a) Going out for a meal with a few family or friends.
b) I prefer my birthday to be just like any other normal day.
c) A surprise party with lots of family and friends.
3- How quickly do you become bored and restless when performing routine tasks?
a) Fairly quickly.
b) Not very quickly, as I am able to apply my mind to, and concentrate on, the task in hand.
c) Extremely quickly.
4- How easily do you make friends?
a) Fairly easily.
b) Not easily.
c) Very easily.
Test Yourself with this explanatory guide!