Emotional Intelligence (EI) or Emotional Quotient (EQ) is a concept that challenges the assumption that the Intelligence Quotient (IQ) is the best predictor of professional success. Unlike IQ, which proposes to be a measurement of innate potential that...

See also response This refers to a human being’s understanding of how to relate to others in a constructive and sensitive way. It also has to do with consciousness of our own needs and the effects on others of our behaviour and attitudes. Many...

The Vineland Social Maturity Scale Measures social competence, self-help skills, and adaptive behavior. The Vineland Social Maturity Scale measures social competence, self-help skills, and adaptive behavior from infancy to adulthood. It is used in...

An umbrella term that has been applied to a range of learned skills to do with EMOTION. Included under this term are the following qualities: recognizing emotions; coming to terms with the emotions of others; expressing emotions in appropriate ways;...

In recent years there has been movement away from viewing intelligence as something that lies in the cognitive domain, so that it is now viewed as more personal. Emotional intelligence is sometimes regarded as having five domains: knowing one’s...

During the 1990s, the idea of intelligence as ‘general mental ability’ was increasingly criticised. Daniel Goleman, in Emotional Intelligence (1996), claimed that emotional intelligence was more important than the qualities measured by...

Emotional Intelligence (EI), often measured as an Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ), describes an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups. It is a relatively new area of...