A new study in Acta Psychologica reveals that schooling largely explains IQ differences in identical twins raised apart. When their educations are very dissimilar, their IQ scores can be as different as those between complete strangers.
Does the scenario you provided even measure emotional intelligence? I feel like it measires confidence and willingness to confront someone, neither of which feel particularly related to emotional intelligence.
Also, to be frank, I don’t think many people consider the ability to revognize the emotions of others and to empathize as “intelligent”. A blind person isn’t unintelligent because they cannot see, so why would you use the term emotionally unintelligent for a person that is blind with regards to recognizing emotions?
Does the scenario you provided even measure emotional intelligence? I feel like it measires confidence and willingness to confront someone, neither of which feel particularly related to emotional intelligence.
I wasn’t suggesting that particular example was for emotional intelligence; it was just an example of a kind of problem solving that isn’t covered under IQ. It was a segue into the adjacent topic of emotional intelligence.
Does the scenario you provided even measure emotional intelligence? I feel like it measires confidence and willingness to confront someone, neither of which feel particularly related to emotional intelligence.
Also, to be frank, I don’t think many people consider the ability to revognize the emotions of others and to empathize as “intelligent”. A blind person isn’t unintelligent because they cannot see, so why would you use the term emotionally unintelligent for a person that is blind with regards to recognizing emotions?
I wasn’t suggesting that particular example was for emotional intelligence; it was just an example of a kind of problem solving that isn’t covered under IQ. It was a segue into the adjacent topic of emotional intelligence.