Emotional Intelligence: Models and Measures

Flashcards covering the definitions, theoretical models, measurement streams, and the Four-Branch Model of Emotional Intelligence from the PSYC3015 lecture notes.

Emotional Intelligence (APA Definition)

The ability to perceive emotions accurately, use emotions to assist thinking, understand emotional meanings, and regulate emotions in yourself and others.

Jingle Fallacy

A research issue where different concepts or constructs are labeled with the same name, such as the numerous varying definitions of EI.

Ability Model (Mayer & Salovey)

A theoretical model that defines EI as a type of intelligence focusing on actual abilities across four branches: perceiving, using, understanding, and managing emotions.

Mixed Models

Models that define EI as a combination of traits, abilities, and personality characteristics, such as Goleman's Emotional Competence.

Bar-On Model

A mixed model of EI containing five components: Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Stress management, Adaptability, and General mood.

Trait EI (Petrides & Furnham)

A model focused on emotional self-perceptions covering four areas: well-being, self-control, emotionality, and sociability.

Ability Scales

Measurement tools that test maximum performance and actual ability through problem-solving, like the MSCEIT.

Rating Scales

Self-report or observer-report measures that assess typical performance and an individual's self-perception of their emotional skills.

Stream 1: Ability EI

A classification where EI is treated as actual emotional abilities and measured using performance-based tests.

Stream 2: Self-Rated EI

A classification focusing on an individual's beliefs about their emotional abilities, measured via rating scales.

Stream 3: Mixed EI (Trait EI)

A classification where EI encompasses traits, habits, and motivation, including self-esteem and personality traits; correlations with Stream 1 are low ($r = .12$).

Tripartite Model of EI

A framework combining all approaches into three questions: Knowledge (Do I know what to do?), Ability (Can I do it?), and Behavior (Do I actually do it?).

Branch 1: Emotion Perception

The ability to detect emotions in facial expressions, voice tone, body language, art, music, and internal feelings, including detecting deception.

Branch 2: Emotion Facilitation

The use of emotions to assist thinking, such as using mood to guide decisions or changing perspectives via mood.

Branch 3: Emotion Understanding

The ability to label emotions, understand causes (antecedents) and consequences, and predict future emotions (affective forecasting).

Branch 4: Emotion Management

Effectively regulating one's own and others' emotions by choosing strategies to increase or reduce emotion to achieve desired outcomes.

MSCEIT

The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test, which measures all four branches of ability EI using two tasks per branch.

Consensus Scoring

A scoring method for the MSCEIT based on the majority response; for example, if an option is chosen by $35\%$ of the crowd, the score for that answer is $0.35$.

Expert Scoring

An alternative scoring method for ability EI tests where correct answers are based on the judgment of professional experts.

STEU (Situational Test of Emotion Understanding)

A performance-based test that uses scenario-based questions specifically to measure the understanding branch of EI.

DANVA / MERT / GERT

Specific tests used for emotion recognition focused on stimuli like faces, voice, body language, or video clips.

Schutte Self-Report Scale

An example of a rating scale used to measure self-perceived emotional intelligence (Stream 2).