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Revision note: Emotional Intelligence: Concepts and Models


  • EI: perceive, understand, use, manage emotions; Salovey and Mayer 1990; Goleman 1995
  • Roots: Thorndike social intelligence 1920; Gardner 1983
  • Ability model (4 branches; MSCEIT); Goleman mixed model (self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, social skills); Petrides trait model; Bar-On EQ-i
  • Amygdala hijack; Damasio – emotion needed for decisions; Ekman's six basic emotions
  • IQ vs EQ; EI can be learnt; dark side of EI
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