Emotional intelligence is conceptualized based on the studies of interactions between cognition and emotion in 1970-1980. One of the reasons that emotional intelligence is attracted by many researchers and public are due to the continuous skepticism o...
Emotional intelligence is conceptualized based on the studies of interactions between cognition and emotion in 1970-1980. One of the reasons that emotional intelligence is attracted by many researchers and public are due to the continuous skepticism on the intelligence tests in their validity, measurement methods, and efficiency. The IQ tests are criticized as measurement which is lack of predictive validity in predicting life success, job success, or life satisfaction except academic success. Definitions and measuring methods of emotional intelligence are still in dispute and far from reaching agreement. So we need to study the existing body of research and identify the problems and difficulties to solve.
There are two general approaches to emotional intelligence: One is EI should be abilities and the other is EI should be a mixture of abilities and some personality traits.. Personality approach is easy to develop measurement and may cover more broadly the nonacademic intelligence area, but it is overlapped with the existing personality traits and more and more traits should be included. On the other hand, ability model is more theoretically based and attempts to exclude personality variables, but it is also faced the difficulties in measuring emotional intelligence objectively and scientifically.