Research & Evidence-Based Practice Flashcards
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Which branch of the Mayer and Salovey (1997) four-branch EI model involves the ability to understand how emotions evolve and blend over time?
Answer: Understanding emotions
Branch 3, Understanding Emotions, covers knowledge of how emotions transition, intensify, or combine, such as knowing that frustration can escalate into anger.
A researcher finds a correlation of r = .30 between EI scores and academic GPA. What does this finding suggest?
Answer: EI shares about 9% of variance with academic performance
Squaring the correlation (0.30² = 0.09) gives the coefficient of determination, indicating EI explains approximately 9% of the variance in GPA.
The Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) framework developed by CASEL is primarily grounded in evidence from which field of research?
Answer: Developmental psychology and longitudinal school-based studies
CASEL's SEL framework draws heavily on developmental psychology research and school-based longitudinal studies demonstrating that social-emotional skills predict academic and life outcomes.
What is a primary limitation of using self-report measures to assess emotional intelligence?
Answer: Respondents may lack accurate insight into their own emotional abilities
Self-report EI measures are subject to poor self-insight and social desirability bias, meaning people may rate themselves higher than their actual emotional abilities warrant.
Neuroimaging research has linked emotional regulation to which brain structure most consistently?
Answer: The prefrontal cortex and its connections to the amygdala
Research consistently shows that prefrontal cortex (PFC) regions modulate amygdala reactivity, with stronger PFC-amygdala connectivity associated with better emotional regulation.
In evidence-based EI training programs, which component has shown the most robust outcomes in randomized trials?
Answer: Mindfulness and physiological awareness combined with practice
Programs combining mindfulness, body awareness, and deliberate practice of emotion regulation skills show the most consistent gains in controlled trials.
The concept of 'alexithymia,' relevant to EI research, refers to:
Answer: Difficulty identifying and describing one's own emotional states
Alexithymia (literally 'no words for feelings') describes a subclinical condition where individuals struggle to identify, differentiate, and verbalize their internal emotional experiences.