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Originally Posted by Ferran
By the way, I have found a test on emotional intelligence, no idea how reliable it is though.
Emotional IQ Test |
I scored 130. I've never regarded myself especially emotionally intelligent.
Nevertheless, I think the test and the areas the questions revolve around probably give you a true hint of at least your emotional
behavior and behavioral patterns and how skillful they are inside the framework of what is normally in society regarded as acceptable behavior. Whether that qualifies as definitive emotional intelligence or not, is a question of dispute. I myself am dubious about combining the words emotion and intelligence, especially because intelligence in many ways is rational understandings of anything, and sometimes irrational concepts, and emotion is definitely not a rational thing, since its a part of the human social interaction and its workings. And I could see how a person could thus bias the definition of the EI as being something regarded "good" or skilled inside human social and emotional interaction and behavior, instead of a universal rational understanding of it, out of its own particular context. Human social and emotional interaction is not based on argumentative reasoning, but automatic stimulations (that are only socially interactive) that influence the individual on a constant basis. A common definition of EI is "an ability, capacity, or skill to perceive, assess, and manage the emotions of one's self, of others, and of groups" - which is what you would expect of a such definition. And in that case, a truly emotional intelligent person would be a manipulator, that isnt deceived by the outer workings of the mind or emotions, or deceived by inherited perceptions of morality and is more or less sociopathic in being detached from the primitive influence on the mind and decision taking, that emotions normally consist of. And I am sure the common specific definition of EI would be more moralistic, in having a bias in its conception of such sociopathic behavior as being excluded as non-emotionally intelligent behavior by the moralistic distinction between good and evil. Because emotional intelligence objectively must be any behavior that especially qualifies as the "capacity, skill or ability to perceive, manage and assess the emotion of one self and others".