AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to perceive, use, understand, and manage emotions. Interest in EI and related concepts was fueled by growing recognition that cognitive ability accounts for only a limited amount of the variability found in important life outcomes.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first is the emotion regulation (ER) tradition, which has mainly focused on how a person can effectively manage his/her emotions. The second is the emotional intelligence (EI) tradition, which has focused-among other things-on understanding who makes the most of his/her emotions.

Detailed explanation-3: -Emotional Intelligence (EI) is the ability to manage both your own emotions and understand the emotions of people around you. There are five key elements to EI: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills.

Detailed explanation-4: -According to Salovey and Mayer (1990), perceived emotional intelligence has aspects: attention to feelings, clarity of feelings and mood repair. These aspects explain the individual differences in the way people deal with emotions.