There are different views about what EQ is and isn’t.
Some researchers prefer to talk about Emotional Literacy rather than EI or EQ. The reason being that “intelligence” is regarded as the intellectual capacity of humans – through which people think, learn and reason. That is, intelligence is fixed and determined.
Emotional Literacy is characterised by the fact that all the emotional behaviours and influences in our lives are learnt – and so can develop, change and be taught.
The idea of Emotional Literacy is often attractive to educators while EQ is more attractive to people who think in terms of the "science" of human behaviours.
People often talk about three different models of EQ (select the buttons to view criticisms of each model).
This module mostly refers to a Mixed Model.
Learning Portfolio
Complete exercise 2 in your Learning Portfolio.
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The article, Personality tests in employment selection: use with caution, focuses on the use of personality and emotional intelligence (EQ) tests in employment selection. It looks at the link between EQ and personality to job performance, the issue of faking by job applicants, and skepticism in personality and EQ tests. It also explores legal considerations in using personality and EQ tests.