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  1. Before reading the text, try to answer the following questions.

1. There has been criticism of IQ (Intelligence Quotient) tests, partly because they only seen to test logical thinking and ignore things like emotional intelligence. What do you think this is?

2. Do you agree that brain power as measured by IQ actually matters less than qualities of mind?

2. Read the text without using your dictionaries and do some tasks after it. Emotional Intelligent

It turns out that a scientist can see the future by watching four-olds with a sweet. The researcher invites the children into a plain room. “You can have this sweet right now,” he says. “But if you wait while I go out for a few minutes, you can have two sweets when I get back.” And then he leaves.

Some children grab the treat the moment he’s out the door. Some last a few minutes before they give in, but others are determined to wait. They cover their eyes, they put their heads down, they sing to themselves, they try to play games or even fall asleep. When the researcher returns, he gives these children their sweets. And then, science waits for them to grow up.

By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened. A survey of the children’s parents and teachers found that those who as four-olds were strong-minded enough to hold out for the second sweet generally grew up to be better adjusted more popular, adventurous, confident and dependable teenagers. The children who gave in to temptation early on were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated and stubborn.

When we think of brilliance, we see Einstein – deep-eyed, woolly-haired, a thinking machine. High achievers, we imagine, were born for greatness. But then you have to wonder why, over time, natural talent seems to flower in some, yet disappear in others. This is where the sweets come in. the ability to defer gratification is a master skill, a triumph of the reasoning brain over the impulsive one. It is a sign in short of emotional intelligence. And it doesn’t show up on an IQ test.

In his book “Emotional Intelligence”, Daniel Goleman argues that brain power as measured by IQ actually matters less than qualities of mind like understanding one’s own feelings, empathy – being sensitive to other people’s feelings – and the ability to manage your own emotions. EQ is not the opposite of IQ. What researches are trying to understand is how they complement each other. Among the ingredients for success, researches now generally agree that IQ counts for about twenty per cent: the rest depends on everything from luck, to social class … and emotional intelligence. In the business world, according to personnel executives, IQ gets you a job, but EQ gets you promotion.

3. Answer the following questions to the text making use of expressions given below:

As far as I am concerned,… As far as I know, … As far as I understand, … I am convinced that … I am fully conscious of the fact that … Generally speaking, …

  1. Can a scientist see the future of a child?

  2. Where does a researcher invite the children?

  3. Does he suggest them a sweet or a cake?

  4. He leaves the room, doesn’t he?

  5. What do some children do after his leaving?

  6. What children do when the researcher give their sweets?

  7. Has anything remarkable happened by the time the children reach high school?

  8. What children appear to be better adjusted?

  9. What can you say about other children?

  10. Do you agree with this experiment?

  11. What kind of children would you belong to if there was an experiment in your group?