DECA Business Admin Core: Emotional Intelligence Terms

Adaptability

The ability to adjust oneself quickly to different conditions.

Attitude

A deep-rooted way of thinking about how one feels about a person, place, or thing; typically reflected through one's behavior.

Behavior

A manner or actions of an individual.

Bias

Considered a form of favoritism or a predetermined opinion. The belief may be either positive or negative. An attitude and not a behavior. Often it is acquired as an unconscious, learned assumption about the people in a group.

Confidentiality

The ethical principle to keep certain information secret or private.

Conflict Resolution

A process of concluding a dispute or disagreement. It mainly aims at reconciling opposing arguments in a manner that promotes and protects the human rights of all parties concerned.

Cultural Sensativity

Developing awareness that cultural differences and similarities exist and have an affect on values, learning, and behavior.

Emotional Intelligence

The aspect of human intelligence that controls our ability to recognize, understand, control, and use emotions in solving problems of a personal and interpersonal nature.

Empathy

The ability to recognize and understand the emotions, beliefs, moods and desires of another person. The ability to "put oneself into anothers shoes."

Ethics

The branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good vs. bad, right vs. wrong.

Feedback

The branch of philosophy that addresses questions about morality—that is, concepts such as good vs. bad, right vs. wrong.

Integrity

Adherence to moral and ethical principles; honesty often plays a defining role in the soundness of character.

Persuade

Cause someone to believe or do something based on reasoning or argument.

Self Awareness

The ability to perceive aspects of one's personality, behavior, emotions, and thought processes.

Self Control

Restraining one's actions, words, or other undesirable behavior.

Self Esteem

A sense of personal worth and ability that is essential to one's identity.

Social Skills

The abilities that allow someone to interact with other people.

Stereotype

Commonly held public belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. Generally speaking, they are based on opinions.

Stress

Mental, emotional, or physical strain felt by an individual.

Vision

The ability to imagine how a country, society, business, industry, etc. could develop in the future and to plan for this.