Emotional Intelligence & Self-Awareness Flashcards
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According to Daniel Goleman's model, which of the following is NOT one of the five core components of emotional intelligence?
Answer: Critical thinking
Goleman's five EI components are self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills — critical thinking is a cognitive skill, not an EI component.
In emotional intelligence theory, 'self-regulation' refers primarily to:
Answer: Controlling disruptive impulses and managing moods effectively
Self-regulation is the ability to control or redirect disruptive impulses and moods and to think before acting.
Which emotional intelligence competency is most foundational to developing all other EI competencies?
Answer: Self-awareness
Self-awareness is considered the foundational EI competency because recognizing one's own emotions is prerequisite to managing them and understanding others'.
A leadership coach helps a client recognize how their emotional state affects team members. This primarily develops which EI competency?
Answer: Self-awareness
Recognizing how one's own emotions and behavior affect others is a core aspect of self-awareness in Goleman's EI framework.
Which assessment tool is most widely used in coaching to measure a leader's emotional intelligence across multiple competencies?
Answer: EQ-i 2.0 (Emotional Quotient Inventory)
The EQ-i 2.0 is the most widely validated and used psychometric tool specifically designed to assess emotional intelligence competencies.
In the context of leadership coaching, 'social awareness' is best defined as:
Answer: The capacity to understand the emotions, needs, and concerns of others
Social awareness, particularly empathy, involves accurately reading others' emotions, needs, and perspectives in a given situation.
How does empathy differ from sympathy in a leadership coaching context?
Answer: Empathy involves understanding and sharing another's perspective; sympathy involves feeling pity
Empathy means understanding and sharing another person's feelings and perspective, while sympathy implies feeling pity or sorrow from a detached position.