A self-report on noticing feelings, making sense of them, and choosing what to do with them. Not an ability exam.
About this test
Mayer and Salovey described emotional intelligence as four branches: perceiving emotions, using them, understanding them, and managing them. Their later work argued for ability tests rather than self-report. Petrides and others study trait emotional intelligence: how people describe themselves. This test is the second kind. A high score means you report the skill. It does not prove the skill under pressure. Items are original.
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What this test asks
I usually notice a feeling while it is still small, not only after it has driven a decision.
I can tell when a room's mood has shifted, even if nobody has announced it.
My feelings often become clear only after I have already acted on them.
I can name a more precise word than 'bad' or 'fine' for what I feel.
I can see how one feeling turned into the next — irritation into shame, or relief into guilt.
Other people's reactions often surprise me. I did not see them coming from what was said.
When I am stirred up, I can choose a next move instead of only discharging the feeling.
I know which conversations I should postpone until I am fit to have them.
Once a strong feeling arrives, it runs the rest of the hour.
I can help someone else name what they feel without taking the conversation over.
A mood is information. I ask what it is responding to before I obey it.
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