Emotions and Intelligence

"Emotional intelligence is the ability to recognize, acknowledge, manage and handle ones emotions in a way in which it promotes personal growth." Goleman, D. (1995)

My test results revealed an EQ score of 121and a percentile score of 93. The test score relayed to me my strengths, potential strengths, and areas of concern, which I will summarize.

Strengths:

Excellent IQ level

High overall self reported emotional intelligence

Excellent objective emotional intelligence

Good self reported emotional insight into self

High amount of goal orientation and motivation

Very little difficulty with emotional integration

Possesses good insight into the emotions of others

Potential Strengths:

Moderately high opinion of own emotional intelligence

Adequate ability to recognize emotions of others

Passable ability to deal with own emotions and those of others

Areas of concern:

Insufficient comfort in expressing emotion

Discovery health (2012)

My experience while taking the test was an experience was educational and surprising. I was surprised to learn that I have trouble or discomfort expressing emotion, I don't really see that. Also, some of the answers that were given for a few questions were much too vague or definitive. But overall, I enjoyed learning about how I perceive my own behavior and that of others.

An example of emotional intelligence:

Working for the Federal Government in mental health, my clients are addicts and homeless veterans. I am able to discern whether an individual is expressing feelings of homicidal tendencies, venting or has suicidal tendencies. So, I am able to just be a listener or get that individual needed assistance from a mental health standpoint. I can usually see if an individual is scamming the system or they are sincere about their need for assistance by their body language and emotional state.

We deal with a lot of veterans who attempt to use the emotion of anger in order to get what they want, or some will use sympathy or sobbing for instance. These are just a couple of examples of the emotions that I am associated with at work on a daily basis.

Two of the latest theories of emotional intelligence involve (1) the" ability "model which