Technology & Digital Applications Flashcards
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A colleague leaves a one-word reply — 'OK' — to your detailed proposal in a shared document. Applying EI, you should:
Answer: Seek clarification before drawing conclusions about their sentiment
Minimal digital responses are ambiguous; seeking clarification avoids emotional misinterpretation and keeps collaboration productive.
Which of the following best describes 'digital emotional labor'?
Answer: The effort of managing one's emotional presentation across digital channels to meet relational expectations
Digital emotional labor is the ongoing effort to appear positive, engaged, or professional across emails, chats, and video calls regardless of one's internal state.
You receive a high volume of notifications during deep work and notice growing irritability. The most emotionally intelligent technological adjustment is:
Answer: Enable focus mode or notification batching to protect cognitive and emotional resources
Proactively designing your digital environment to protect attention reduces irritability caused by constant interruption — a form of self-regulation.
A coworker shares a personal struggle in the team's group chat. Responding with genuine empathy in a digital space looks like:
Answer: Acknowledging their feelings briefly in chat and offering to connect privately
Brief public acknowledgment followed by a private connection respects their vulnerability while avoiding turning a chat thread into an emotional forum.
Which of the following is an example of low emotional intelligence in digital communication?
Answer: Firing off a reply to a frustrating email within seconds of reading it
Reacting impulsively to a frustrating email bypasses self-regulation and frequently escalates conflict.
A manager uses tracking software to monitor employee screen time without disclosure. From an EI leadership standpoint this is problematic primarily because:
Answer: It violates trust and ignores the emotional impact of surveillance on morale and autonomy
Covert surveillance damages psychological safety and trust — foundational elements of emotionally intelligent leadership.
When your team switches to a new digital tool, some members are excited while others feel anxious. An emotionally intelligent leader recognizes this as:
Answer: Normal variation in readiness for change that requires differentiated emotional support
Acknowledging diverse emotional reactions to change and tailoring support accordingly reflects both empathy and social awareness.