Research & Evidence-Based Practice Flashcards
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Which researcher is credited with coining the term 'emotional intelligence' in their 1990 academic paper?
Answer: Peter Salovey and John Mayer
Peter Salovey and John Mayer introduced the formal scientific concept of emotional intelligence in their 1990 paper in the journal Imagination, Cognition and Personality.
The Mayer-Salovey-Caruso Emotional Intelligence Test (MSCEIT) measures EI using which methodology?
Answer: Ability-based performance tasks
The MSCEIT is an ability-based measure where respondents solve emotional problems, and answers are scored against expert or consensus norms.
Meta-analytic research by Joseph and Newman (2010) found that EI predicts job performance most strongly for which type of work?
Answer: Jobs high in emotional labor
Joseph and Newman's meta-analysis showed EI had the strongest incremental validity for jobs requiring high emotional labor, such as customer service and healthcare.
What does 'incremental validity' mean in the context of EI research?
Answer: EI predicts outcomes beyond what IQ and personality already explain
Incremental validity refers to whether EI adds predictive power for outcomes like job performance above and beyond established predictors such as cognitive ability and Big Five personality traits.
Which study design is considered the gold standard for testing whether EI training interventions cause improvements?
Answer: Randomized controlled trial (RCT)
Randomized controlled trials, in which participants are randomly assigned to treatment or control conditions, provide the strongest causal evidence for intervention effectiveness.
Researchers Zeidner, Matthews, and Roberts (2004) argued that many EI claims are problematic because EI measures often:
Answer: Overlap extensively with established personality constructs
Zeidner and colleagues raised the concern that EI measures frequently correlate so highly with Big Five traits (especially agreeableness and neuroticism) that EI offers little unique construct validity.
In EI research, the 'bandwidth-fidelity' tradeoff refers to the tension between:
Answer: Measuring many narrow EI facets versus one broad EI score
Bandwidth refers to measuring broad, general EI, while fidelity refers to measuring specific, narrow facets; broader measures predict more outcomes but with less precision for any single outcome.