VII. Extra Credit: Quiz

Take one of these quizzes and write a one-page reflection on your results referring to at least THREE concepts in the chapter (10 points).

Quiz 1. Emotional Intelligence

Assessing Your Emotional Intelligence

Consider your emotional experience and communication over the next two weeks. Then look at the statements listed under each of the four emotional intelligence dimensions, placing a check mark next to each statement that describes your abilities. Follow the Scoring directions below to interpret your score.

Perceiving emotions

Accurately perceiving and interpreting emotional messages as they are communicated by others’ facial expressions, vocal tones, and gestures; accurately perceiving your own emotions based on your physiological and mental experiences.

——— I can accurately identify emotions experienced by other people.

——— I can accurately identify my own emotions by interpreting my physical and psychological states.

——— I can communicate my emotions accurately to others.

——— I can discriminate between accurate/honest feelings and inaccurate/dishonest feelings in myself and others.

Using emotions to facilitate thinking

Recognizing how emotions and moods influence perception and learning to harness emotional states for more effective problem solving, reasoning, decision making, and creative endeavors.

——— I can redirect and reorganize my thoughts based on emotions I am experiencing.

——— I can use my emotions to help improve my relationship choices.

——— I can use my mood changes to help appreciate different points of view.

——— I can use my emotions to facilitate problem solving and creativity.

Understanding emotions

Accurately labeling emotions and learning how they blend together and change over time.

——— I understand the similarities and differences between various emotions.

——— I understand the causes and consequences of emotions.

——— I understand the differences between feelings, moods, emotions, and blended emotions.

——— I understand how the experience of emotion changes as time passes.

Managing emotional experience and communication

Learning how to manage the experience and communication of emotions to avoid negative or destructive consequences.

——— I am open to experiencing both pleasant and unpleasant emotions.

——— I monitor and reflect on my emotions.

——— I can engage in, prolong, or detach from an emotional state, depending on whether I perceive it as constructive or destructive.

——— I effectively manage my own emotions.

Scoring: Count the number of check marks you made in each dimension. Scores of 0–2 for a particular dimension represent an area of emotional intelligence that needs strengthening; scores of 3–4 represent an area of strength.

Quiz 2: Testing Chronicle Hostility

Place a check mark next to the statements with which you agree. Count up all your check marks, and then use the Scoring key below to interpret your score.

——— It’s hard to not blow up at people, given how they’re always screwing up.

——— I get furious just thinking about how inconsiderate most people are.

——— Most people are manipulative and they truly sicken me.

——— People are always trying to use me for their own selfish purposes.

——— It’s human nature to be immoral and exploitative.

——— I can’t help but feel angry when I consider the rudeness of others.

——— People seem to enjoy behaving in ways that annoy and provoke me.

Scoring: A score of 0–2 means low hostility. If you’ve scored in this range, you likely experience anger on an occasional basis, triggered in the normal way by events that you perceive negatively. A score of 3–4 means moderate hostility. If you fall into this range, anger may be an issue of concern in your interpersonal relationships.

A score of 5–7 means high hostility. You likely experience anger frequently, and your interpersonal relationships are probably strongly and detrimentally affected by your anger.